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yatha—as much as; harau—unto the Personality of Godhead; bhagavati—
unto the Lord; nmma@m—for human beings; bhaktih—devotional service;
bhavisyati— become enlightened; sarva-dtmani—the Absolute Whole; ak hila-
adhare—unto the summum bonum; iti—thus; sankalpya—by determination;
varnaya—describe.
TRANSLATION
Please describe the science of Godhead with determination and in a
manner by which it will be quite possible for the human being to develop
transcendental devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead Hari,
the Supersoul of every living being and the summum bonum source of all
energies.
PURPORT

Srimad-Bhdgavatam is the philosophy of devotional service and the
scientific presentation of man’s relationship with the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. Prior to the age of Kali there was no need for such a book of
knowledge to know the Lord and His potential energies, but with the
beginning of the age of Kali the human society became gradually influenced
by four sinful principles, namely illegitimate connection with women,
intoxication, gambling and unnecessary killing of animals. Because of these
basic sinful acts, gradually man became forgetful of his eternal relation
with God. Therefore man became blind, so to speak, to his ultimate goal
of life. The ultimate goal of life is not to pass a life of irresponsibility like
the animals and indulge in a polished way in the four animal principles,
namely eating, sleeping, fearing and mating. For such a blind human
society in the darkness of ignorance, Srimad-Bhdgavatam is the torchlight
to see things in proper perspective. Therefore it was necessary to describe
the science of God from the very beginning, or from the very birth of the
phenomenal world.

As we have already explained previously, Srimad-Bhdgavatam is so
scientifically presented that any sincere student of this great science will
be able to understand the science of God simply by reading it with attention
or simply by regularly hearing it from the bona fide speaker. Everyone is
hankering after happiness in life, but in this age, blind as they are, the
members of human society have no proper vision that the Personality of
Godhead is the reservoir of all happiness because He is the ultimate source
of everything: janmadasya yatah. Happiness in complete perfection without
