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zation of the Supreme stage of love of Godhead one becomes full with transcendental symptoms.
These symptoms are described in the  Srimad Bhagwatam , Eleventh Canto, Third Chapter, as follows: “When devotees discuss the subject of the Supreme Lord, Who can cleanse the heart of a devotee from all kinds of sinful reaction, they become overwhelmed with ecstasies of different symptoms,  on account of their devotional service ; and, as such, when they chant the Holy Name of the Supreme Lord, due to their spontaneous attachment for Him, they sometimes cry, sometimes laugh, sometimes dance, sometimes sing, without caring for any social convention.”
We should understand, therefore, that  Srimad Bhagwatam  is the real explanation of the  Brahma Sutra , and it is compiled by the Author Himself. In the  Guru Purana  it is said: “The  Srimad Bhagwatam  is the actual explanation of  Brahma Sutra , and is a further explanation of  Mahabarata . It is the explanation of the  Gayatri Mantra  and the essence of all Vedic knowledge. This  Srimad Bhagwatam  contains 18,000 verses, and is known as the explanation of all Vedic literature.” In the First Canto of  Srimad Bhagwatam  there is an enquiry by the sages of Naimisharanya to Suta Goswami, on how to know the essence of Vedic literature. In answer to the enquiry, Suta Goswami presented  Srimad Bhagwatam  as the essence of all the  Vedas  and histories and other Vedic literature. In the Twelfth Canto, Thirteenth Chapter of  Srimad Bhagwatam , it is clearly stated the  Srimad Bhagwatam  is the essence of all Vedanta knowledge, and one who relishes the knowledge from the  Srimad Bhagwatam  has no taste for studying any other literature. In the very beginning of  Srimad Bhagwatam , the meaning and purpose of the  Gayatri Mantra  is also described: “I am offering my obeisances unto the Supreme Truth.” This is the first introductory verse on the Supreme Truth, described in the  Bhagwatam  as the Source of creation, maintenance, and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation.
Obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, directly indicate Lord Sri Krishna, Who is the Divine Son of Vasudeva and Devaki. The fact will be more explicitly presented later in the text of the  Srimad Bhagwatam , by the direct statement of the Author, in His assertion that Sri Krishna is the Original Personality of Godhead, and all others are either His direct or indirect plenary portions, or portions of the portion. Srila Jiva Goswami has later on still more explicitly developed this subject matter in his  Krishna Sandarva , and Brahmaji, the original living being, has explained the subject of Sri Krishna substantially in his treatise, called  Brahma Samhita . In the  Samveda Upanishad  it is also said that Lord Sri Krishna is the Divine Son of Devaki.