Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.29.49

bhava-bhayam apahantum jñāna-vijñāna-sāram

nigama-krid upajahre bhrińga-vad veda-sāram

amritam udadhitaś cāpāyayad bhritya-vargān

purusham rishabham ādyam krishna-samjñam nato 'smi

SYNONYMS

bhava — of material life; bhayam — the fear; apahantum — in order to take away; jñāna-vijñāna — of knowledge and self-realization; sāram — the essence; nigama — of the Vedas; krit — the author; upajahre — delivered; bhrińga-vat — like a bee; veda-sāram — the essential meaning of the Vedas; amritam — the nectar; udadhitah — from the ocean; ca — and; apāyayat — made to drink; bhritya-vargān — His many devotees; purusham — to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rishabham — the greatest; ādyam — the first of all beings; krishna-samjñam — named Lord Krishna; natah — bowed down; asmi — I am.

TRANSLATION

I offer my obeisances to that Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original and greatest of all beings, Lord Śrī Krishna. He is the author of the Vedas, and just to destroy His devotees' fear of material existence, like a bee He has collected this nectarean essence of all knowledge and self-realization. Thus He has awarded to His many devotees this nectar from the ocean of bliss, and by His mercy they have drunk it.

PURPORT

Just as a bee extracts nectar from a flower without harming the flower, Lord Śrī Krishna extracts the essence of all Vedic knowledge without disturbing the elaborate system of Vedic advancement. In other words, Lord Śrī Krishna establishes Himself as the goal of Vedic knowledge without destroying preliminary, inferior processes that may be applicable to grossly materialistic men. Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī thus concludes by offering his obeisances to the spiritual master of the entire universe, Lord Śrī Krishna.

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Eleventh Canto, Twenty-ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Bhakti-yoga."

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