Nārada’s Instructions on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for Vyāsadeva
व्यास उवाच अस्त्येव मे सर्वमिदं त्वयोक्तं तथापि नात्मा परितुष्यते मे । तन्मूलमव्यक्तमगाधबोधं पृच्छामहे त्वात्मभवात्मभूतम् ॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration
vyāsa uvāca asty eva me sarvam idaṁ tvayoktaṁ tathāpi nātmā parituṣyate me tan-mūlam avyaktam agādha-bodhaṁ pṛcchāmahe tvātma-bhavātma-bhūtam
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
vyāsaḥ — Vyāsa; uvāca — said; asti — there is; eva — certainly; me — mine; sarvam — all; idam — this; tvayā — by you; uktam — uttered; tathāpi — and yet; na — not; ātmā — self; parituṣyate — does pacify; me — unto me; tat — of which; mūlam — root; avyaktam — undetected; agādha-bodham — the man of unlimited knowledge; pṛcchāmahe — do inquire; tvā — unto you; ātma-bhava — self-born; ātma-bhūtam — offspring.
Translation
“Śrī Vyāsadeva said: All you have said about me is perfectly correct. Despite all this, I am not pacified. I therefore question you about the root cause of my dissatisfaction, for you are a man of unlimited knowledge due to your being the offspring of one [Brahmā] who is self-born [without mundane father and mother].”