Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 9
Āgnīdhra Meets Pūrvacitti and Begets the Nine Sons of Jambūdvīpa
शिष्या इमे भगवत: परित: पठन्तिगायन्ति साम सरहस्यमजस्रमीशम् । युष्मच्छिखाविलुलिता: सुमनोऽभिवृष्टी:सर्वे भजन्त्यृषिगणा इव वेदशाखा: ॥ ९ ॥
śiṣyā ime bhagavataḥ paritaḥ paṭhanti gāyanti sāma sarahasyam ajasram īśam yuṣmac-chikhā-vilulitāḥ sumano ’bhivṛṣṭīḥ sarve bhajanty ṛṣi-gaṇā iva veda-śākhāḥ
Seeing the bumblebees following Pūrvacitti, Mahārāja Āgnīdhra said: My dear Lord, the bumblebees surrounding your body are like disciples surrounding your worshipable self. They are incessantly chanting the mantras of the Sāma Veda and the Upaniṣads, thus offering prayers to you. Just as great sages resort to the branches of Vedic literatures, the bumblebees are enjoying the showers of flowers falling from your hair.
FAQs
This verse describes disciples continuously reciting and singing the Sāma Veda—together with its deeper, confidential import—as an act of direct worship and glorification of the Supreme Lord.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates this verse to Mahārāja Parīkṣit while describing devotional worship and the reverent atmosphere surrounding the Supreme Lord.
Make your spiritual practice steady and reverential—regularly chant sacred sound (kīrtana/recitation), study its meaning, and offer your learning as worship rather than mere scholarship.