इमां वक्ष्यत्यसौ सूत ऋषिभ्यो नैमिषालये । दीर्घसत्रे कुरुश्रेष्ठ सम्पृष्ट: शौनकादिभि: ॥ ४३ ॥
imāṁ vakṣyaty asau sūta ṛṣibhyo naimiṣālaye dīrgha-satre kuru-śreṣṭha sampṛṣṭaḥ śaunakādibhiḥ
- imām
- this
- vakṣyati
- will speak
- asau
- present before us
- sūtaḥ
- Sūta Gosvāmī
- ṛṣibhyaḥ
- to the sages
- naimiṣa-ālaye
- in the forest of Naimiṣa
- dīrgha-satre
- at the lengthy sacrificial performance
- kuru-śreṣṭha
- O best of the Kurus
- sampṛṣṭaḥ
- questioned
- śaunaka-ādibhiḥ
- by the assembly led by Śaunaka
O best of the Kurus, the same Sūta Gosvāmī who is sitting before us will speak this Bhāgavatam to the sages assembled in the great sacrifice at Naimiṣāraṇya. This he will do when questioned by the members of the assembly, headed by Śaunaka.