भागवता ऊचुः
श्रीरङ्गक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यं वद सद्गुरुपुङ्गव ।
अन्तर्गतानि यत्रैव क्षेत्राणि निखिलानि च ॥
O best of Sadgurus, tell us the glory of Sri Rangam Kshetra, within which all other sacred places are contained.
bhāgavatā ūcuḥ
śrīraṅgakṣetramāhātmyaṃ vada sadgurupuṅgava |
antargatāni yatraiva kṣetrāṇi nikhilāni ca
श्रीरङ्गक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम् · śrīraṅgakṣetramāhātmyam — the glory of the Sri Rangam sacred site
वद · vada — please tell
सद्गुरुपुङ्गव · sadgurupuṅgava — O best of Sadgurus
अन्तर्गतानि · antargatāni — contained within
यत्र · yatra — in which
एव · eva — indeed
क्षेत्राणि · kṣetrāṇi — sacred places
निखिलानि · nikhilāni — all
च · ca — and
हे सद्गुरुपुङ्गव! यत्र क्षेत्रे निखिलानि क्षेत्राणि अन्तर्गतानि सन्ति, तत् श्रीरङ्गक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यं वद।
the glory of the Sri Rangam sacred site · please tell · O best of Sadgurus · contained within · in which · indeed · sacred places · all · and
This verse serves as the introductory inquiry from the Bhagavatas, setting the stage for the entire epic by establishing the central theme: the unique supremacy of Sri Rangam. It frames the dialogue as a quest for knowledge regarding the origin of the most sacred of all Vaishnava Kshetras.
