Verse 2.2.168

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.2.168:

तत्-तत्त्वं सादरं पृष्टास् ते श्री-भागवतादयः ।
ऊचुः सात्वत-सिद्धान्ताद्य्-आगमाः श्रुति-मौलिभिः ॥ १६८ ॥

tat-tattvaṃ sādaraṃ pṛṣṭās te śrī-bhāgavatādayaḥ |
ūcuḥ sātvata-siddhāntādy-āgamāḥ śruti-maulibhiḥ || 168 ||

tat–of that (mukti); tattvam–the scientific truth; sa-ādaram–with respect; pṛṣṭāḥ–they were asked; te–they; śrī-bhāgavata-ādayaḥ–headed by Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; ūcuḥ–they said; sātvata-siddhānta–a Vaiṣṇava scripture; ādi–and others; āgamāḥ–the Āgamas; śruti–of the Śrutis; maulibhiḥ–with the crowns.

When I respectfully inquired about the essential truth of liberation (mokṣa-tattva), the Upaniṣads, the most exalted of the Śrutis, and Sātvata-siddhānta and other Āgamas joined Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and replied.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “I then respectfully inquired from those great Purāṇas about the true nature of liberation, or mokṣa-tattva. I asked the reason for their behavior–why they had kept silent and smiled so seriously, and why they had covered their ears and left the assembly. Gathered there were Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and others, who are the most excellent and steadfast of scriptures, and who are supremely dedicated to loving service of the Lord. Also in the assembly were the aggregate of Āgamas, such as Sātvata-siddhānta, who are devoted to bhakti and who are the prominent Vaiṣṇava scriptures. They were all joined by the confidential Upaniṣads, who are the exalted crowns of the Śrutis, and together they replied.”