SB 1.18.15

Synonyms

vidvan — O vastly learned one [you who are endowed with complete knowledge and realization (sarvathā jñānavān asi), and who are thus eminently eligible to speak (tvaṁ vaktuṁ samartha eva)¹¹⁴]; bhavān — you; vai — indeed; bhagavat-pradhānaḥ — [are] the foremost devotee of Bhagavān [the foremost of devotees who are blessed with supreme fortune (bhagavatāṁ saubhāgyavatāṁ puṁsāṁ madhye pradhānaḥ);¹¹⁵ or you indeed are preeminent among all those who belong to Bhagavān (bhagavadīyānāṁ madhye pradhāno mukhyaḥ);¹¹⁶ or you indeed are the one for whom Bhagavān alone is preeminent, or in other words, supremely worthy of divine service (bhagavān eva pradhāno mukhyatayā sevyo yasya saḥ bhavān)¹¹⁷]; naḥ — among us [asmākaṁ madhye¹¹⁸]; tat — therefore [tasmāt¹¹⁹]; vitanotu — please elaborately describe [vistārayatu, kathayatu¹²⁰]; naḥ — to us [asmākam¹²¹]; śuśrūṣatām — [who are] eager to hear [(śrotum icchatām); signifying their eligibility to hear (sveṣāṁ śravaṇādhikāritvam āhuḥ)¹²²]; udāram — the munificent [which bestow life’s four primary aims, beginning with dharma (dharmādi-catur-vidha-puruṣārtha-pradam)¹²³]; viśuddham — [and] utterly pure [beyond the influence of māyā (māyātītam);¹²⁴ or which bestow complete purity both to the audience and speakers (śṛṇvatāṁ vadatāṁ ca viśuddhy āvaham)]; caritam — divine acts [ceṣṭitam]; hareḥ — of Bhagavān Hari [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]; ekānta — the exclusive [ekāntataḥ¹²⁵]; parāyaṇasya — [and] ultimate refuge [the supreme end to be attained (parama-prāpya-phalam)¹²⁶]; mahat-tama — [of] the most highly evolved devotees [bhagavad-bhaktānām¹²⁷].

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