imÄá¹ vaká¹£yaty asau sÅ«ta
ṛṣibhyo naimiá¹£Älaye
dÄ«rgha-satre kuru-Å›reá¹£á¹ha
sampṛṣá¹aḥ Å›aunakÄdibhiḥ
imam - this; vaká¹£yati - will speak; asau - present before us; sÅ«taḥ - SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ«; ṛṣibhyaḥ - to the sages; naimiá¹£a-Älaye - in the forest of Naimiá¹£a; dÄ«rgha-satre - at the lengthy sacrificial performance; kuru-Å›reá¹£á¹ha - O best of the Kurus; sampṛṣá¹aḥ - questioned; Å›aunaka-Ädibhiḥ - by the assembly led by Åšaunaka.
O best of the Kurus, the same SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ« who is sitting before us will speak this BhÄgavatam to the sages assembled in the great sacrifice at Naimiá¹£Äraṇya. This he will do when questioned by the members of the assembly, headed by Åšaunaka.
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupÄda to the Twelfth Canto, Fourth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation.â€
