130 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 4
pura maya proktam ajaya nabhye
padme nisannaya, mamadi-sarge
jianam param man-mahimavabhasam
yat surayo bhagavatam vadanti
pura—in the days of yore; maya—by Me; proktam—was said; ajaya—unto
Brahma; nabhye—out of the navel; padme—on the lotus; nigannaya—unto
the one situated on; mama—My; Gdi-sarge—in the beginning of creation;
jianam—knowledge; param—sublime; mat-mahima—My transcendental
glories; avabhadsam—that which clarifies; yat—which; siirayah—the great
learned sages; bhagavatam—Srimad-Bhagavatam; vadanti—do say.
TRANSLATION
O Uddhava, in the lotus millennium in the days of yore, at the beginning
of the creation, I spoke unto Brahma, who is situated on the lotus which
grows out of My navel, about My transcendental glories, which the great
sages describe as Srimad-Bhagavatam.
PURPORT
The explanation of the Supreme Self, as given to Brahma and already
explained in the Second Canto of this great literature, is further clarified
herein. The Lord said that the concise form of Srimad-Bhagavatam as
e:.,.ained to Brahma was meant to elucidate His personality. The imper-
sonal explanation of those four verses in the Second Canto is nullified
herewith. Sridhara Svami also explains in this connection that the same
concise form of the Bhagavatam concerned the pastimes of Lord Krsna
and was never meant for impersonal indulgence.
TEXT 14
ruedth: «HE fa!
STAT ATEN AASEA |
aetern = afaararei
Baa: ATTA 112 BI
ity adrtoktah paramasya pumsah
pratiksananugraha-bhajano ‘ham
snehottha-roma skhalitaksaras tam
munca chucah pranijalir ababhase
