554. Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 10

avat aranucaritam
hares casyanuvartinam
pumsam isa-kathah prokta
nanakh yanopabrmhitah

avatara—incarnation of Godhead; anucaritam—activities; hareh—of the
Personality of Godhead; ca—also; asya—of His; anuvartinam—followers;
pumsadm—of the persons; isa-kathah—science of God; proktah—is said;
nana—various; akh yana—narrations; upabrmhitah— described.

TRANSLATION

The science of God describes the incarnations of the Personality of
Godhead and His different activities together with the activities of His
great devotees.

PURPORT

During the course of existence of the cosmic manifestation, the chro-
nology of history is created, recording the activities of the living entities.
People in general have a tendency to learn history and narrations of
different men and times, but due to lack of knowledge in the science of
Godhead, they are not apt to study the history of the incarnations of the
Personality of Godhead. It should always be remembered that the material
creation is created for the salvation of the conditioned souls. The merciful
Lord, out of His causeless mercy, descends in the material world to various
planets and acts for the salvation of the conditioned souls. That makes the
history and narrations worth reading. Srimad-Bhdgavatam offers such
transcendental topics of the Lord in relationship with great devotees.
Therefore the topics of the devotees and the Lord are to be given respect-
ful aural reception.

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nirodho ’syanusayanam
atmanah saha sak tibhih

muktir hitvanyatha riipam
sva-riipena vyavasthitih
