532 Srimad Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 9
The whole matter is explained by the Lord Himself, and one who has no
approach to the Lord in His personal feature can rarely understand the
purport of Srimad-Bhdgavatam without being taught by the bhagavatas in
the disciplic succession.
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etan matam saméatistha
paramena samadhina
bhavan kalpa-vikalpesu
na vimuhyati karhicit
etat—this is: matam—the conclusion; samdatistha—remain fixed up;
paramena—by the Supreme: samadhina—concentration of the mind; bhavan
~vourself: kalpa—intermediate devastation; vikalpesu—in the final devas-
tation; na vimuhyati—will never bewilder; karhicit—anything like com-
placence.
TRANSLATION
O Brahmi, just follow this conclusion by fixed concentration of mind,
and no pride will disturb you, neither in the partial nor final devastations.”
PURPORT
As in the Bhagavad-gita, Tenth Chapter, the Personality of Godhead,
Lord Krsna, has summarized the whole text in four verses, namely,
“aharn sarvasya prabhavah,” etc., so also the complete Srimad-Bhagavatam
also has been summarized in four verses, as aham evasam evagre, etc., and the
secret purpose of the most important Bhagavatite conclusion is explained
by the original speaker of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, who was also the
original speaker of the Bhagavad-gita, the Personality of Godhead, Lord
Sri Krsna. There are many grammarians and nondevotee material wranglers
who have tried to present false interpretations of these four verses of the
Srimad-Bhagavatam, but the Lord Himself advised Brahmaji not to be
