व्यास उवाच भिक्षुभिर्विप्रवसिते विज्ञानादेष्टृभिस्तव । वर्तमानो वयस्याद्ये तत: किमकरोद्भवान् ॥ २ ॥
vyasa uvaca bhiksubhir vipravasite vijnanadestrbhis tava vartamano vayasy adye tatah kim akarod bhavan
- vyasah uvaca
- Sri Vyasadeva said
- bhiksubhih
- by the great mendicants
- vipravasite
- having departed for other places
- vijnana
- scientific knowledge in transcendence
- adestrbhih
- those who had instructed
- tava
- of your
- vartamanah
- present
- vayasi
- of the duration of life
- adye
- before the beginning of
- tatah
- after that
- kim
- what
- akarot
- did
- bhavan
- your good self.
Sri Vyasadeva said: What did you (Narada) do after the departure of the great sages who had instructed you in scientific transcendental knowledge before the beginning of your present birth?