स्वसुखनिभृतचेतास्तद्वयुदस्तान्यभावो- ऽप्यजितरुचिरलीलाकृष्टसारस्तदीयम् । व्यतनुत कृपया यस्तत्त्वदीपं पुराणं तमखिलवृजिनघ्नं व्याससूनुं नतोऽस्मि ॥ ६९ ॥
sva-sukha-nibhṛta-cetās tad-vyudastānya-bhāvo ’py ajita-rucira-līlākṛṣṭa-sāras tadīyam vyatanuta kṛpayā yas tattva-dīpaṁ purāṇaṁ tam akhila-vṛjina-ghnaṁ vyāsa-sūnuṁ nato ’smi
- sva-sukha
- in the happiness of the self
- nibhṛta
- solitary
- cetāḥ
- whose consciousness
- tat
- because of that
- vyudasta
- given up
- anya-bhāvaḥ
- any other type of consciousness
- api
- although
- ajita
- of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the unconquerable Lord
- rucira
- pleasing
- līlā
- by the pastimes
- ākṛṣṭa
- attracted
- sāraḥ
- whose heart
- tadīyam
- consisting of the activities of the Lord
- vyatanuta
- spread, manifested
- kṛpayā
- mercifully
- yaḥ
- who
- tattva-dīpam
- the bright light of the Absolute Truth
- purāṇam
- the Purāṇa (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam)
- tam
- unto Him
- akhila-vṛjina-ghnam
- defeating everything inauspicious
- vyāsa-sūnum
- son of Vyāsadeva
- nataḥ asmi
- I offer my obeisances
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the son of Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī. It is he who defeats all inauspicious things within this universe. Although in the beginning he was absorbed in the happiness of Brahman realization and was living in a secluded place, giving up all other types of consciousness, he became attracted by the pleasing, most melodious pastimes of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He therefore mercifully spoke this supreme Purāṇa, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is the bright light of the Absolute Truth and which describes the activities of the Lord.