Text 28] Questions by King Pariksit 455

TEXT 28
We Aad aM TIN ATA AA |
HA ATT AMKT TIT URI

praha bhagavatam nama
puranam brahma-sammitam

brahmane bhagavat-proktam
brahma-kalpa upagate

praha—he said; bhagavatam—the science of the Personality of Godhead;
nama—of the name; purdnam—the supplement of the Vedas; brahma-
sammitam—just in pursuance of the Vedas; brahmane—unto Lord Brahma;
bhagavat-proktam—was spoken by the Personality of Godhead; brahma-
kalpe-—the millennium in which Brahma was first generated; upagate—
just in the beginning.

TRANSLATION

He just began to reply to the inquiries of Maharaja Pariksit by saying
that the science of the Personality of Godhead was spoken first by the
Lord Himself to Brahma when he was first born. Srimad-Bhagavatam is the
supplementary Vedic literature, and it is just in pursuance of the Vedas.

PURPORT

Srimad-Bhagavatam is the science of the Personality of Godhead. The
impersonalist always tries to misrepresent the personal feature of the Lord
without knowing the science of this great knowledge, and Srimad-
Bhagavatam is in pursuance of the Vedas and scientific knowledge of the
Personality of Godhead. To learn this science one should take shelter of
the representative of Sri Sukadeva and follow in the footsteps of Maharaja
Pariksit without foolishly attempting to interpret, thereby committing a
great offense at the feet of the Lord. The dangerous ways of interpreta-
tions by the nondevotee class of men have played havoc in understanding
the Srimad-Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad-Bhagavatam, and the careful
student should be always alert in this matter if he at all wants to learn the
scicnce of Godhead.
