Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.13.14

rajante tavad anyani

puranani satam gane

yavad bhagavatam naiva

sruyate 'mrta-sagaram

SYNONYMS

rajante -- they shine forth; tavat -- that long; anyani -- the other; puranani -- Puranas; satam -- of saintly persons; gane -- in the assembly; yavat -- as long as; bhagavatam -- Srimad-Bhagavatam; na -- not; eva -- indeed; sruyate -- is heard; amrta-sagaram -- the great ocean of nectar.

TRANSLATION

All other Puranic scriptures shine forth in the assembly of saintly devotees only as long as that great ocean of nectar, Srimad-Bhagavatam, is not heard.

PURPORT

Other Vedic literatures and other scriptures of the world remain prominent until the Srimad-Bhagavatam is duly heard and understood. Srimad-Bhagavatam is the ocean of nectar and the supreme literature. By faithful hearing, recitation and distribution of Srimad-Bhagavatam, the world will be sanctified and other, inferior literatures will fade to minor status.

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