TEXT 23
bruhi yogesvare krsne
brahmanye dharma-varmani
svam kastham adhunopete
dharmah kam saranam gatah
SYNONYMS
bruhiplease tell; yoga-isvarethe Lord of all mystic powers; krsneLord Krsna; brahmanyethe Absolute Truth; dharmareligion; varmaniprotector; svamown; kasthamabode; adhunanowadays; upetehaving gone away; dharmahreligion; kamunto whom; saranamshelter; gatahgone.
TRANSLATION
Since Sri Krsna, the Absolute Truth, the master of all mystic powers, has departed for His own abode, please tell us to whom the religious principles have now gone for shelter.
PURPORT
Essentially religion is the prescribed codes enunciated by the Personality of Godhead Himself. Whenever there is gross misuse or neglect of the principles of religion, the Supreme Lord appears Himself to restore religious principles. This is stated in Bhagavad-gita (4.8). Here the sages of Naimisaranya are inquiring about these principles. The reply to this question is given later. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is the transcendental sound representation of the Personality of Godhead, and thus it is the full representation of transcendental knowledge and religious principles.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the First Canto, First Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "Questions by the Sages."

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