Text 52] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
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yathā —as much as;  harau —unto the Personality of Godhead;  bhagavati —unto the Lord;  nṛṇām —for human beings;  bhaktiḥ —devotional service;  bhaviṣyati —become enlightened;  sarva-ātmani —the Absolute Whole;  akhila-ādhāre —unto the  summum bonum ;  iti —thus;  saṅkalpya —by determination;  vaṛṇaya —describe.
TRANSLATION
Please describe the science of Godhead with determination and in a manner by which it will be quite possible for the human being to develop transcendental devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead Hari, the Supersoul of every living being and the summum bonum source of all energies.
PURPORT
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is the philosophy of devotional service and the scientific presentation of man's relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Prior to the age of Kali there was no need for such a book of knowledge to know the Lord and His potential energies, but with the beginning of the age of Kali the human society became gradually influenced by four sinful principles, namely illegitimate connection with women, intoxication, gambling and unnecessary killing of animals. Because of these basic sinful acts, gradually man became forgetful of his eternal relation with God. Therefore man became blind, so to speak, to his ultimate goal of life. The ultimate goal of life is not to pass a life of irresponsibility like the animals and indulge in a polished way in the four animal principles, namely eating, sleeping, fearing and mating. For such a blind human society in the darkness of ignorance,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is the torchlight to see things in proper perspective. Therefore it was necessary to describe the science of God from the very beginning, or from the very birth of the phenomenal world.
As we have already explained previously,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is so scientifically presented that any sincere student of this great science will be able to understand the science of God simply by reading it with attention or simply by regularly hearing it from the bona fide speaker. Everyone is hankering after happiness in life, but in this age, blind as they are, the members of human society have no proper vision that the Personality of Godhead is the reservoir of all happiness because He is the ultimate source of everything:  janmādasya yataḥ . Happiness in complete perfection without