Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 4 Text 13pura maya proktam ajaya nabhyepadme nisannaya mamadi-sargejnanam param man-mahimavabhasamyat surayo bhagavatam vadantipura -- in the days of yore; maya -- by Me; proktam -- was said; ajaya -- unto Brahma; nabhye -- out of the navel; padme -- on the lotus; nisannaya -- 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.TRANSLATIONO 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.PURPORTThe 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 Krsna and was never meant for impersonal indulgence.
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