SB 1.18.17

TEXT 17

TEXT

तन्नः परं पुण्यमसंवृतार्थम् आख्यानमत्यद्भुतयोगनिष्ठम् ।
आख्याह्यनन्ताचरितोपपन्नं पारीक्षितं भागवताभिरामम् ॥ १७ ॥

tan naḥ param punyam asamvrtartham

akhyanam atyadbhuta-yoganistham

akhyahy anantacaritopapannam

pariksitam bhagavatabhiramam

tat-therefore; naḥ-unto us; param-supreme; punyam-purifying; asamvrtartham-as it is; akhyanam-narration; ati-very; adbhuta-wonderful; yoganistham-compact in bhakti-yoga; akhyahi-describe; ananta-the Unlimited; acarita-activities; upapannam-full of; pariksitam-spoken to Maharaja Pariksit; bhagavata-of the pure devotees; abhiramam-particularly very dear.

TRANSLATION

Thus please narrate to us the narrations of the Unlimited, for they are purifying and supreme. They were spoken to Maharaja Pariksit, and they are very dear to the pure devotees, being full of bhakti-yoga.

PURPORT

What was spoken to Maharaja Pariksit and what is very dear to the pure devotees is Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srimad-Bhagavatam is mainly full of the narrations of the activities of the Supreme Unlimited, and therefore it is the science of bhakti-yoga, or devotional service of the Lord. Thus it is para, or supreme, because although it is enriched with all knowledge and religion, it is specifically enriched with the devotional service of the Lord.

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