हरेर्गुणाक्षिप्तमतिर्भगवान् बादरायणि: । अध्यगान्महदाख्यानं नित्यं विष्णुजनप्रिय: ॥ ११ ॥
harer gunaksipta-matir bhagavan badarayanih adhyagan mahad akhyanam nityam visnu-jana-priyah
- hareh
- of Hari, the Personality of Godhead
- guna
- transcendental attribute
- aksipta
- being absorbed in
- matih
- mind
- bhagavan
- powerful
- badarayanih
- the son of Vyasadeva
- adhyagat
- underwent studies
- mahat
- great
- akhyanam
- narration
- nityam
- regularly
- visnu-jana
- devotees of the Lord
- priyah
- beloved.
Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, son of Srila Vyasadeva, was not only transcendentally powerful. He was also very dear to the devotees of the Lord. Thus he underwent the study of this great narration (Srimad-Bhagavatam).