Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration

Chapter 6: Maharaja Parikshit Passes Away. Text 37

sÅ«ta uvÄca
samÄhitÄtmano brahman
brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
há¹›dy ÄkÄÅ›Äd abhÅ«n nÄdo
vá¹›tti-rodhÄd vibhÄvyate

 sÅ«taḥ uvÄca - SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ« said; samÄhita-Ätmanaḥ - whose mind was perfectly fixed; brahman - O brÄhmaṇa (Åšaunaka); brahmaṇaḥ - of Lord BrahmÄ; parame-sthinaḥ - the most elevated of living beings; há¹›di - within the heart; ÄkÄÅ›Ät - from out of the sky; abhÅ«t - arose; nÄdaḥ - the transcendental subtle sound; vá¹›tti-rodhÄt - by stopping the functioning (of the ears); vibhÄvyate - is perceived.


Text

SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ« said: O brÄhmaṇa, first the subtle vibration of transcendental sound appeared from the sky of the heart of the most elevated Lord BrahmÄ, whose mind was perfectly fixed in spiritual realization. One can perceive this subtle vibration when one stops all external hearing.

Purport

Because ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam is the supreme Vedic literature, the sages headed by Åšaunaka desired to trace out its source.