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TEXTS 143-144
artho 'yam brahma-sutranam
bharatartha-vinirnayah
gayatri-bhasya-rupo 'sau
vedartha-paribrmhitah
purananam sama-rupah
saksad-bhagavatoditah
dvadasa-skandha-yukto 'yam
sata-viccheda-samyutah
grantho 'stadasa-sahasrah
srimad-bhagavatabhidhah
SYNONYMS
artah ayamthis is the meaning; brahma-sutranamof the codes of Vedanta-sutra; bharata-artha-vinirnayahthe ascertainment of the Mahabharata; gayatri-bhasya-rupahthe purport of Brahma-gayatri, the mother of the Vedic literatures; asauthat; veda-artha-paribrmhitahexpanded by the meanings of all the Vedas; purananamof the Puranas; sama-rupahthe best (like the Sama among the Vedas); saksatdirectly; bhagavata uditahspoken by Vyasadeva, an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dvadasa-skanda-yuktahhaving twelve cantos; ayamthis; sata-viccheda-samyutahhaving 355 chapters; granthahthis great literature; astadasa-sahasrahhaving 18,000 verses; srimad-bhagavata-abhidhahnamed Srimad-Bhagavatam.
TRANSLATION
" 'The meaning of the Vedanta-sutra is present in Srimad-Bhagavatam. The full purport of the Mahabharata is also there. The commentary of the Brahma-gayatri is also there and fully expanded with all Vedic knowledge. Srimad Bhagavatam is the supreme Purana, and it was compiled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as Vyasadeva. There are twelve cantos, 335 chapters and eighteen thousand verses.'
PURPORT
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