416 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 7
a nutshell as the accumulation of His diverse potencies. Please expand this
science yourself.
PURPORT

The Bhagavatam in a nutshell, spoken in about half a dozen verses by the
Personality of Godhead, as it will appear ahead, is the science of God, and
it is the potential representation of the Personality of Godhead. He, being
absolute, is nondifferent from the science of God, Srimad-Bhagavatam.
Brahmaji received this science of Godhead from the Lord directly, and he
handed over the same to Narada, who in his turn ordered Srila V yasadeva
to expand it. So the transcendental knowledge of the Supreme Lord is not
mental speculation by the mundane wranglers, but is uncontaminated,
eternal, perfect knowledge beyond the jurisdiction of material modes.
The Bhdagavata Purana is therefore the direct incarnation of the Lord in the
form of transcendental sound, and one should receive this transcendental
knowledge from the bona fide representative of the Lord in the chain of
disciplic succession from the Lord to Brahmaji, from Brahmaji to Narada,
from Narada to Vyasa, from Vyasadeva to Sukadeva Gosvami, from
Sukadeva Gosvami to Sita Gosvami, as the ripened fruit of the Vedic tree
drops from one hand to another without being broken by falling suddenly
from the high branch down to the earth. Therefore unless one hears the sci-
ence of Godhead from the bona fide representative of the disciplic succes-
sion, as above mentioned, it will be a difficult job for one to understand the
theme of the science of Godhead. It should never be heard from the
professional Bhagavatam reciters who earn their livelihood by gratifying
the senses of the audience.

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TT Rt Tae aN Abe |
aahrafrenat a AST THT RII
yatha harau bhagavati
nmam bhaktir bhavisyati
sarvatmany akhiladhare
iti sankalpya varnaya
