Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca
svÄyambhuva brahma-satraá¹
jana-loke 'bhavat purÄ
tatra-sthÄnÄá¹ mÄnasÄnÄá¹
munÄ«nÄm Å«rdhva-retasÄm
Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca - the Supreme Lord said; svÄyambhuva - O son of self-born BrahmÄ; brahma - performed by the utterance of transcendental sound; satram - a sacrifice; jana-loke - on the planet Janaloka; abhavat - occurred; purÄ - in the past; tatra - there; sthÄnÄm - among those who resided; mÄnasÄnÄm - born from the mind (of BrahmÄ); munÄ«nÄm - sages; Å«rdhva - (flowing) upward; retasÄm - whose semen.
The Personality of Godhead said: O son of self-born BrahmÄ, once long ago on Janaloka, wise sages who resided there performed a great sacrifice to the Absolute Truth by vibrating transcendental sounds. These sages, mental sons of BrahmÄ, were all perfect celibates.
ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« explains that the word satram here refers to a Vedic sacrifice in which all the participants are equally qualified to serve as priests. In this instance, each of the sages present in Janaloka could speak equally well on the topic of Brahman.
