अहं च संस्मारित आत्मतत्त्वं श्रुतं पुरा मे परमर्षिवक्त्रात् । प्रायोपवेशे नृपते: परीक्षित: सदस्यृषीणां महतां च शृण्वताम् ॥ ५७ ॥
ahaṁ ca saṁsmārita ātma-tattvaṁ śrutaṁ purā me paramarṣi-vaktrāt prāyopaveśe nṛpateḥ parīkṣitaḥ sadasy ṛṣīṇāṁ mahatāṁ ca śṛṇvatām
- aham
- I
- ca
- also
- saṁsmāritaḥ
- have been made to remember
- ātma-tattvam
- the science of the Supersoul
- śrutam
- heard
- purā
- previously
- me
- by me
- parama-ṛṣi
- of the greatest of sages, Śukadeva
- vaktrāt
- from the mouth
- prāya-upaveśe
- during the fast to death
- nṛpateḥ
- of the king
- parīkṣitaḥ
- Parīkṣit
- sadasi
- in the assembly
- ṛṣīṇām
- of sages
- mahatām
- great
- ca
- and
- śṛṇvatām
- while they were listening
I also have now been fully reminded of the science of God, which I previously heard from the mouth of the great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī. I was present in the assembly of great sages who heard him speak to King Parīkṣit as the monarch sat fasting until death.