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harer gunaksipta-matir
bhagavan badarayanih
adhyagan mahad-akhyanam
nityam visnu-jana-priyah
SYNONYMS
hareh—of Lord Krsna; guna-aksipta-matih—whose mind was agitated by the qualities; bhagavan—the most powerful transcendentalist; badarayanih—Sukadeva, son of Vyasadeva; adhyagat—studied; mahat-akhyanam—the great epic description; nityam—eternally; visnu-jana-priyah—who is very dear to the Vaisnavas, devotees of Lord Visnu " ’Being very much attracted by the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, the mind of Srila Sukadeva Gosvami was agitated by Krsna consciousness.
He therefore began to study Srimad-Bhagavatam by the grace of his father.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.7.11).