Text 38]
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Vṛndāvana, and where He is in the habit of keeping  surabhi  cows as a cowboy, and where He is served by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune (the  gopīs ) with love and respect.
Therefore Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original form of the Supreme Lord ( kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam ). This is also clear in this instruction. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is Lord Kṛṣṇa, and not directly  Nārāyaṇa or puruṣa-avatāras  because such manifestations are subsequent. Therefore  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  means consciousness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is the sound representation of the Lord as much as the  Bhagavad-gītā  is. Thus the conclusion is that  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is the science of the Lord in which the Lord and His abode are perfectly realized.
TEXT 38
श्रीशुक उवाच
सम्प्रदिश्यैवमजनो जनानां परमेष्ठिनम् । पश्यतस्तस्य तद् रूपमात्मनो न्यरुणद्धरिः ॥३८॥
śrī śuka uvāca sampradiśyaivam ajano janānām parameṣṭhinam paśyatas tasya tad-rūpam ātmano nyaruṇaddhariḥ
śrī śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; sampradiśya—thus fully instructing Brahmājī; evam—thus; ajanaḥ—the Supreme Lord; janānām—of the living entities; parameṣṭhinam—unto the supreme leader, Brahmā; paśyataḥ—while he was seeing; tasya—His; tat-rūpam—that transcendental form; ātmanaḥ—of the Absolute; nyaruṇat—disappeared; hariḥ—the Lord, the Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, after being seen in His transcendental form, instructing Brahmājī, the leader of the living entities, disappeared," said Śukadeva Gosvāmī to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.