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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 5]
philosophy, but none of them have been written directly glorifying the Personality of Godhead. Dry philosophical speculations even on the transcendental subject of the Absolute have very little attraction without directly dealing with the glorification of the Lord. The Personality of Godhead is the last word in transcendental realization. The Absolute realized as impersonal Brahman or localized Supersoul, Paramātmā, is less productive of transcendental bliss than the Supreme Personal realization of His glories.
The compiler of the  Vedānta-darśana  is Vyāsadeva himself. Yet he is troubled, although he is the author. So what sort of transcendental bliss can be derived by the readers and listeners of  Vedānta  which is not explained directly by Vyāsadeva the author? Herein arises the necessity of explaining  Vedānta-sūtra  in the form of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  by the self-same author.
TEXT 9
यथा धर्मादयश्चार्था मुनित्रर्यानुकीर्तिताः । न तथा वासुदेवस्य महिमा ह्यनुवर्णितः ॥ ९ ॥
yathā dharmādayaś cārthā   muni-varyānukīrtitāḥ   na tathā vāsudevasya   mahimā hy anuvarṇitaḥ
yathā —as much as;  dharma-ādayaḥ —all four principles of religious behavior;  ca —and;  arthāḥ —purposes;  muni-varya —by yourself, the great sage;  anukīrtitāḥ —repeatedly described;  na —not;  tathā —in that way;  vāsudevasya —of the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  mahimā —glories;  hi —certainly;  anuvarṇitaḥ —so constantly described.
TRANSLATION
Although, great sage, you have very broadly described the four principles beginning with religious performances, you have not described the glories of the Supreme Personality, Vāsudeva.
PURPORT
The prompt diagnosis of Śrī Nārada is at once declared. The root cause of the despondency of Vyāsadeva was his deliberate avoidance of glorifying