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the ripened fruit of this desire-fulfilling tree of the  Vedas . A tree is honored by the production of its fruit. For example, a mango tree is considered very valuable because it produces the king of all fruits, the mango. When the mango fruit becomes ripened it is the greatest gift of that tree, and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is similarly held to be the ripened fruit of the Vedic tree. And, as ripened fruit becomes more relishable when first touched by the beak of a parrot, or  śuka , so  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  has become more relishable by being delivered through the transcendental mouth of Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  should be received in disciplic succession without any breakage. When a ripened fruit comes from the upper part of the tree onto the ground by the process of being handed down from a higher branch to a lower branch by persons in the tree, the fruit does not break.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , when received in the  paramparā  system, or disciplic succession, will likewise remain unbroken. It is stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā  that the disciplic succession, or  paramparā , is the way of receiving transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge must come down through the disciplic succession, through authorized persons who know the real purpose of the  śāstra .
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended that one learn  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  from the mouth of the self realized person called  bhāgavatam .  Bhāgavata  means “in relationship with the Personality of Godhead ( Bhagavān ).” So the devotee is sometimes called  bhāgavatam , and the book which is in relationship with devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also called  Bhāgavatam . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended that in order to relish the real taste of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , one should take instruction from the person  bhāgavatam .  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is relishable even by a liberated person. It was admitted by Śukadeva Gosvāmī that although he was liberated from within the very womb of his mother, it was only after relishing  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  that he became a great devotee. Thus, one who is desirous of advancing in  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness should relish the purport of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  through the discussions of authorized devotees.
In the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Second Canto, 1st Chapter, 9th verse, Śukadeva Gosvāmī admits that although he was very much attracted