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Questions by King Parīkṣit
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TEXT 28
प्राह भागवतं नाम पुराणं ब्रह्मसम्भितम् । 
  ब्रह्मणे भगवत्प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मकल्प उपागते ॥२८॥
prāha bhāgavatam nāma 
  purāṇam brahma-sammitam 
  brahmaṇe bhagavat-proktam 
  brahma-kalpa upāgate
prāha —he said;  bhāgavatam —the science of the Personality of Godhead;  nāma —of the name;  purāṇam —the supplement of the  Vedas ;  brahma-sammitam —just in pursuance of the  Vedas ;  brahmaṇe —unto Lord Brahmā;  bhagavat-proktam —was spoken by the Personality of Godhead;  brahma-kalpe —the millennium in which Brahmā was first generated;  upāgate —just in the beginning.
TRANSLATION
He just began to reply to the inquiries of Mahārāja Parīkṣit by saying that the science of the Personality of Godhead was spoken first by the Lord Himself to Brahmā when he was first born. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the supplementary Vedic literature, and it is just in pursuance of the  Vedas .
PURPORT
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is the science of the Personality of Godhead. The impersonalist always tries to misrepresent the personal feature of the Lord without knowing the science of this great knowledge, and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is in pursuance of the  Vedas  and scientific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead. To learn this science one should take shelter of the representative of Śrī Śukadeva and follow in the footsteps of Mahārāja Parīkṣit without foolishly attempting to interpret, thereby committing a great offense at the feet of the Lord. The dangerous ways of interpretations by the nondevotee class of men have played havoc in understanding the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavad-gītā  and the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , and the careful student should be always alert in this matter if he at all wants to learn the science of Godhead.