SB 1.3.44
अहं चाध्यगमं तत्र निविष्टस्तदनुग्रहात् ।
सोSहं वः श्रावयिष्यामि यथाधीतं यथामति ॥ ४४ ॥
ahaṁ cādhyagamaṁ tatra niviṣṭas tad-anugrahāt
so’haṁ vaḥ śrāvayiṣyāmi yathādhītaṁ yathā-mati
Synonyms
viprāḥ — O brāhmaṇas; aham — I; ca — too; niviṣṭaḥ — was present; tatra — there [in the assembly of sages (sabhāyām)207]; adhyagamam — [and] I studied [this Purāṇa (idaṁ śāstram adhigatavān asmi); (jñātavān asmi)208]; bhūri-tejasaḥ — from that greatly powerful; vipra-ṛṣeḥ — self-realized seer [Śukadeva]; tat-anugrahāt — by his grace; kīrtayataḥ — when he disclosed it; tatra — in their midst; aham — I; saḥ — the same person [who was thus blessed to study the Bhāgavata (adhīta-bhāgavataḥ)209]; śrāvayiṣyāmi — shall now impart it; vaḥ — to you [yuṣmān210]; yathā-adhītam — exactly as I learned it [and not fabricated from my own imagination (na tu sva-kapola-kalpitam)]; yathā-mati — in accordance with my realization [as far as I have assimilated it through self-reflection (sva-buddhyā yāvad avadhṛtaṁ tāvad eva)].
Translation
O brāhmaṇas, I too was present there in the assembly of sages, and I studied this Purāṇa from that greatly powerful, self-realized seer, Śukadeva, by his grace, when he disclosed it in their midst. I, the same person [who was thus blessed to study the Bhāgavata], shall now impart it to you exactly as I learned it, in accordance with my realization.