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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 7]
TEXT 36
कालेन मीलितधियामवमृश्य नृणां 
  स्तोकायुषां स्वनिगमो वत दूरपारः । 
  आविर्हितस्त्वनुयुगं स हि सत्यवत्यां 
  वेदद्रुमं विटपशो विभजिष्यति स ॥३६॥
kālena mīlita-dhiyām avamṛśya nṛṇām 
  stokāyuṣām sva-nigamo bata dūra-pāraḥ 
  āvirhitas tv anuyugam sa hi satyavatyām 
  veda-drumam viṭa-paśo vibhajiṣyati sma
kālena —in course of time;  mīlita-dhiyām —of the less intelligent persons;  avamṛśya —considering the difficulties;  nṛṇām —of humanity at large;  stoka-āyuṣām —of the short-living persons;  sva-nigamaḥ —the Vedic literatures compiled by him;  bata —exactly;  dūra-pāraḥ —greatly difficult;  āvirhitaḥ —having appeared as;  tu —but;  anuyugam —in terms of the age;  saḥ —He, the Lord;  hi —certainly;  satyavatyām —in the womb of Satyavatī;  veda-drumam —the desire tree of the  Vedas ;  viṭa-paśaḥ —by division of branches;  vibhajiṣyati —would divide;  sma —as it were.
TRANSLATION
The Lord Himself in His incarnation as the son of Satyavatī [Vyāsa-deva] would consider His compilation of the Vedic literature to be very difficult for the less intelligent persons with short life, and thus He would divide the tree of Vedic knowledge into different branches, according to the circumstances of the particular age.
PURPORT
Herein Brahmā mentions the future compilation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for the short-lived persons of the Kali age. As explained in the First Canto, the less intelligent persons of the age of Kali would be not only short-lived, but also perplexed with so many problems of life due to the awkward situation of the godless human society. Advancement of material com-