378 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 25
gayatri is also there and fully expanded with all Vedic knowledge. Srimad-
Bhagavatam is the supreme Purana, and it was compiled by the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead in His incarnation as Vyadsadeva. There are twelve cantos,
335 chapters and eighteen thousand verses.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from the Garuda Purana.
TEXT 145
HA-CACHPORIATATS Alae ATA AYRGSA W 98e Wi
sarva-vedetihasanam
sdram saramm samuddhrtam
SYNONYMS
sarva-veda —of all Vedic literature; itihasanam—of historical literature; sdram
saram—the essence of the essence; samuddhrtam—is collected (in Srimad-
Bhagavatam).
TRANSLATION
““‘The essence of all Vedic literature and all histories has been collected in
this Srimad-Bhagavatam.’
PURPORT
Srimad-Bhagavatam was collected by the incarnation of God, Vyasadeva, and it
was later taught to his son, Sukadeva Gosvami. This is a quotation from Srimad-
Bhagavatam (1.3.42).
TEXT 146
AacaMtaatas fe Aaeisaefaases |
WHIANTSSSI ATG Diqafws Sfos a sev i
sarva-vedanta-saram hi
srimad-bhagavatam isyate
tad-rasamrta-trptasya
nanyatra sydd ratih kvacit
SYNONYMS
sarva-vedanta-sdram—the best part of all the Vedanta; hi—certainly; srimad-
bhagavatam—the great literature about Bhagavan; isyate—is accepted; tat-rasa-
