शौनक उवाच स वै निवृत्तिनिरत: सर्वत्रोपेक्षको मुनि: । कस्य वा बृहतीमेतामात्माराम: समभ्यसत् ॥ ९ ॥
saunaka uvaca sa vai nivrtti-niratah sarvatropeksako munih kasya va brhatim etam atmaramah samabhyasat
- saunakah uvaca
- Sri Saunaka asked
- sah
- he
- vai
- of course
- nivrtti
- on the path of self-realization
- niratah
- always engaged
- sarvatra
- in every respect
- upeksakah
- indifferent
- munih
- sage
- kasya
- for what reason
- va
- or
- brhatim
- vast
- etam
- this
- atma-aramah
- one who is pleased in himself
- samabhyasat
- undergo the studies.
Sri Saunaka asked Suta Gosvami: Sri Sukadeva Gosvami was already on the path of self-realization, and thus he was pleased with his own self. So why did he take the trouble to undergo the study of such a vast literature?