478 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 26

nivrtti-laksana-marga adav eva vyakhyatah. etavan evanda-koso yas
caturdasadha purdnesu vikalpita upagiyate yat tad bhagavato
narayanasya sdksan maha-purusasya sthavistham ripam atmamaya-
gunamayam anuvarnitam adrtah pathati srnoti sravayati sa upageyam
bhagavatah paramatmano ‘grahyam api sraddha-bhakti-visuddha-
buddhir veda.

nivrtti-laksana-margah—the path symptomized by renunciation, or
the path of liberation: Gdau—in the beginning (the Second and Third
Cantos): eva—indeed: vyakhyatah—described: etavan—this much:
eva—certainly: anda-kosah—the universe, which resembles a big egg:
yah—which: caturdasa-dha—in fourteen parts: purdnesu—in the
Puranas; vikalpitah—divided: upagiyate—is described: yat—which:
tat—that; bhagavatah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead:
narayanasya—of Lord Narayana: saksat—directly: mahd-purusasya—
of the Supreme Person; sthavistham—the gross: ripam—form: dtma-
maya —of His own energy: guna—of the qualities: mayam—consisting:
anuvarnitam —described: adrtah—venerating: pathati—one reads:
Srnoti—or hears: Srdvayati—or explains: sah—that person:
upageyam—song: bhagavatah—of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead: paramatmanah—of the Supersoul: agrahyam—difhicult to
understand: api—although: sraddha—by faith: bhakti—and devotion:
visuddha— purified: buddhih—whose intelligence: veda —understands.

TRANSLATION
In the beginning [the Second and Third Cantos of Srimad-

Bhagavatam] I have already described how one can progress on the
path of liberation. In the Puranas the vast universal existence,
which is like an egg divided into fourteen parts, is described. This
vast form is considered the external body of the Lord, created by
His energy and qualities. It is generally called the virata-rapa. If
one reads the description of this external form of the Lord with
great faith, or if one hears about it or explains it to others to
propagate bhagavata-dharma, or Krsna consciousness, his faith
and devotion in spiritual consciousness, Krsna consciousness, will
gradually increase. Although developing this consciousness is very
