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# Bhagavatapurana 2.1.1

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2.1.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.2.1.1)

/0 śrīśuka uvāca  
varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto lokahitaṃ nṛpa /  
ātmavitsammataḥ puṃsāṃ śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ //

> 1. Sri Suka said: O King! most acceptable is the enquiry made by you with a view to benefit the world; it is acceptable to those that know Atman, and it is the most important of those topics that ought to be heard, studied, etc.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.2.1.p2) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.2.1.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ṣaṭsandarbha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.siddhanta.satsandarbha.1.11.162) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1555, Sanskrit

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