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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.17
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 17
- tan naḥ paraṁ puṇyam asaṁvṛtārtham
- ākhyānam atyadbhuta-yoga-niṣṭham
- ākhyāhy anantācaritopapannaṁ
- pārīkṣitaṁ bhāgavatābhirāmam
tattherefore — therefore; naḥunto us — unto us; paramsupreme — supreme; puṇyampurifying — purifying; asaṁvṛtaas it is-arthamas it is — as it is; ākhyānamnarration — narration; ativery — very; adbhutawonderful — wonderful; yogacompact in bhakti-yoga-niṣṭhamcompact in bhakti-yoga — compact in bhakti-yoga; ākhyāhidescribe — describe; anantathe Unlimited — the Unlimited; ācaritaactivities — activities; upapannamfull of — full of; pārīkṣitamspoken to Mahārāja Parīkṣit — spoken to Mahārāja Parīkṣit; bhāgavataof the pure devotees — of the pure devotees; abhirāmamparticularly very dear — particularly very dear.
Thus please narrate to us the narrations of the Unlimited, for they are purifying and supreme. They were spoken to Mahārāja Parīkṣit, and they are very dear to the pure devotees, being full of bhakti-yoga.
What was spoken to Mahārāja Parīkṣit and what is very dear to the pure devotees is Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is mainly full of the narrations of the activities of the Supreme Unlimited, and therefore it is the science of bhakti-yoga, or the devotional service of the Lord. Thus it is para, or supreme, because although it is enriched with all knowledge and religion, it is specifically enriched with the devotional service of the Lord.