🪷 ŚB 2.8.28

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

प्राह भागवतं नाम पुराणं ब्रह्मसम्मितम् । ब्रह्मणे भगवत्प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मकल्प उपागते ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

prāha bhāgavataṁ nāma purāṇaṁ brahma-sammitam brahmaṇe bhagavat-proktaṁ brahma-kalpa upāgate
Synonyms
prāha — he said; bhāgavatam — the science of the Personality of Godhead; nāma — of the name; purāṇam — the supplement of the Vedas; brahma-sammitam — just in pursuance of the Vedas; brahmaṇe — unto Lord Brahmā; bhagavat-proktam — was spoken by the Personality of Godhead; brahma-kalpe — the millennium in which Brahmā was first generated; upāgate — just in the beginning.

Translation

He began to reply to the inquiries of Mahārāja Parīkṣit by saying that the science of the Personality of Godhead was spoken first by the Lord Himself to Brahmā when he was first born. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the supplementary Vedic literature, and it is just in pursuance of the Vedas.

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