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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.4.13
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 13
- purā mayā proktam ajāya nābhye
- padme niṣaṇṇāya mamādi-sarge
- jñānaṁ paraṁ man-mahimāvabhāsaṁ
- yat sūrayo bhāgavataṁ vadanti
purāin the days of yore — in the days of yore; mayāby Me — by Me; proktamwas said — was said; ajāyaunto Brahmā — unto Brahmā; nābhyeout of the navel — out of the navel; padmeon the lotus — on the lotus; niṣaṇṇāyaunto the one situated on — unto the one situated on; mamaMy — My; ādiin the beginning of creation-sargein the beginning of creation — in the beginning of creation; jñānamknowledge — knowledge; paramsublime — sublime; matMy transcendental glories-mahimāMy transcendental glories — My transcendental glories; avabhāsamthat which clarifies — that which clarifies; yatwhich — which; sūrayaḥthe great learned sages — the great learned sages; bhāgavatamŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam — Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; vadantido say — do say.
O Uddhava, in the lotus millennium in the days of yore, at the beginning of the creation, I spoke unto Brahmā, who is situated on the lotus that grows out of My navel, about My transcendental glories, which the great sages describe as Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
The explanation of the Supreme Self, as given to Brahmā and already explained in the Second Canto of this great literature, is further clarified herein. The Lord said that the concise form of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as explained to Brahmā was meant to elucidate His personality. The impersonal explanation of those four verses in the Second Canto is nullified herewith. Śrīdhara Svāmī also explains in this connection that the same concise form of the Bhāgavatam concerned the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa and was never meant for impersonal indulgence.