Srimad Bhagavatam

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निम्नगानां यथा गङ्गा देवानामच्युतो यथा । वैष्णवानां यथा शम्भुः पुराणानामिदं तथा ।। १२-१३-१६ ।।

sanskrit

Just as the Gaṅgā is the greatest of all rivers, Lord Acyuta the supreme among deities and Lord Śambhu [Śiva] the greatest of Vaiṣṇavas, so Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the greatest of all Purāṇas. ।। 12-13-16 ।।

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hindi translation

nimnagAnAM yathA gaGgA devAnAmacyuto yathA | vaiSNavAnAM yathA zambhuH purANAnAmidaM tathA || 12-13-16 ||

hk transliteration

क्षेत्राणां चैव सर्वेषां यथा काशी ह्यनुत्तमा । तथा पुराणव्रातानां श्रीमद्भागवतं द्विजाः ।। १२-१३-१७ ।।

sanskrit

O brāhmaṇas, in the same way that the city of Kāśī is unexcelled among holy places, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is supreme among all the Purāṇas. ।। 12-13-17 ।।

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hindi translation

kSetrANAM caiva sarveSAM yathA kAzI hyanuttamA | tathA purANavrAtAnAM zrImadbhAgavataM dvijAH || 12-13-17 ||

hk transliteration

श्रीमद्भागवतं पुराणममलं यद्वैष्णवानां प्रियं यस्मिन् पारमहंस्यमेकममलं ज्ञानं परं गीयते । तत्र ज्ञानविरागभक्तिसहितं नैष्कर्म्यमाविस्कृतं तच्छृण्वन्विपठन्विचारणपरो भक्त्या विमुच्येन्नरः ।। १२-१३-१८ ।।

sanskrit

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the spotless Purāṇa. It is most dear to the Vaiṣṇavas because it describes the pure and supreme knowledge of the paramahaṁsas. This Bhāgavatam reveals the means for becoming free from all material work, together with the processes of transcendental knowledge, renunciation and devotion. Anyone who seriously tries to understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, who properly hears and chants it with devotion, becomes completely liberated. ।। 12-13-18 ।।

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zrImadbhAgavataM purANamamalaM yadvaiSNavAnAM priyaM yasmin pAramahaMsyamekamamalaM jJAnaM paraM gIyate | tatra jJAnavirAgabhaktisahitaM naiSkarmyamAviskRtaM tacchRNvanvipaThanvicAraNaparo bhaktyA vimucyennaraH || 12-13-18 ||

hk transliteration

कस्मै येन विभासितोऽयमतुलो ज्ञानप्रदीपः पुरा तद्रूपेण च नारदाय मुनये कृष्णाय तद्रूपिणा । योगीन्द्राय तदात्मनाथ भगवद्राताय कारुण्यतः तच्छुद्धं विमलं विशोकममृतं सत्यं परं धीमहि ।। १२-१३-१९ ।।

sanskrit

I meditate upon that pure and spotless Supreme Absolute Truth, who is free from suffering and death and who in the beginning personally revealed this incomparable torchlight of knowledge to Brahmā. Brahmā then spoke it to the sage Nārada, who narrated it to Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa. Śrīla Vyāsa revealed this Bhāgavatam to the greatest of sages, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, and Śukadeva mercifully spoke it to Mahārāja Parīkṣit. ।। 12-13-19 ।।

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kasmai yena vibhAsito'yamatulo jJAnapradIpaH purA tadrUpeNa ca nAradAya munaye kRSNAya tadrUpiNA | yogIndrAya tadAtmanAtha bhagavadrAtAya kAruNyataH tacchuddhaM vimalaM vizokamamRtaM satyaM paraM dhImahi || 12-13-19 ||

hk transliteration

नमस्तस्मै भगवते वासुदेवाय साक्षिणे । य इदं कृपया कस्मै व्याचचक्षे मुमुक्षवे ।। १२-१३-२० ।।

sanskrit

We offer our obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vāsudeva, the all-pervading witness, who mercifully explained this science to Brahmā when he anxiously desired salvation. ।। 12-13-20 ।।

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hindi translation

namastasmai bhagavate vAsudevAya sAkSiNe | ya idaM kRpayA kasmai vyAcacakSe mumukSave || 12-13-20 ||

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