Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.4.13

pura maya proktam ajaya nabhye

padme nishannaya mamadi-sarge

jnanam param man-mahimavabhasam

yat surayo bhagavatam vadanti

SYNONYMS

pura -- in the days of yore; maya -- by Me; proktam -- was said; ajaya -- unto Brahma; nabhye -- out of the navel; padme -- on the lotus; nishannaya -- unto the one situated on; mama -- My; adi-sarge -- in the beginning of creation; jnanam -- knowledge; param -- sublime; mat-mahima -- My transcendental glories; avabhasam -- that which clarifies; yat -- which; surayah -- the great learned sages; bhagavatam -- Srimad-Bhagavatam; vadanti -- do say.

TRANSLATION

O Uddhava, in the lotus millennium in the days of yore, at the beginning of the creation, I spoke unto Brahma, who is situated on the lotus that grows out of My navel, about My transcendental glories, which the great sages describe as Srimad-Bhagavatam.

PURPORT

The explanation of the Supreme Self, as given to Brahma and already explained in the Second Canto of this great literature, is further clarified herein. The Lord said that the concise form of Srimad-Bhagavatam as explained to Brahma was meant to elucidate His personality. The impersonal explanation of those four verses in the Second Canto is nullified herewith. Sridhara Svami also explains in this connection that the same concise form of the Bhagavatam concerned the pastimes of Lord Krishna and was never meant for impersonal indulgence.

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