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Yah swanubhabam akahila sruti saram ekam
Adhyatama deepam atititeersatam tamondham
Samsarinam korunaya aha puranam guhyam
Tam vyasasunam upayami gurum muninam.
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Yah—he who, Swanubhabam—self assimilated (experienced), Akhila—all round, Sruti—Vedas, Saram—cream, Ekam—the only one, Adhyatma—transcendental, Deepam—torchlight, Atititeersatam—desiring to overcome, Tamondham—deeply dark material existence, Samsarinam—of the materialistic men, Karunaya—out of causeless mercy, Aha—said, Purnam—supplimentary to the Vedas, Guhyam—very confidential, Tam—unto him, Vyasasunum—the son of Vyasadeve, upayami—let me offer my obeisances, gurum—spiritual master, muninam—of the great sages.
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Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto him who is the spiritual master of all sages and the son of Vyasadeva, who, out of his great compassion for the gross materialists desiring to cross over the darkest region of material existence, said the most confidential supplement of the cream of Vedic knowledge after having personally assimilated the same by experience.
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In this prayer of Srila Sūta Gosvāmī, practically the complete introduction of the Srimad Bhagwatam is summarised. Srimad Bhagwatam is the supplementary natural commentation of the Vedanta Sutras. Vedanta Sutras or the Brahma Sutras were compiled by Vyasdeva just to present a cream of all Vedic knowledge. And Srimad Bhagwatam is the natural commentation of the same cream. Srila Sukadeva Goswami was a thoroughly passed Master of Art on the Vedanta Sutra and as such he personally realised the commentation, on the Vedanta Sutra under the heading of Srimad Bhagwatam. And out of his own accord just to show his boundless mercy upon the bewildered materialistic men, who wanted to cross over the nescience completely,—said for the first time this confidential part of the supplements of the Vedic knowledge.
#$p#There is no use arguing that any materialistic man can be happy. Any materialistic man, however, great he may be even in the position of a Brahma down to the insignificant creature like the ant, cannot be happy. Every one is trying for himself to make a permanent plan for happiness but he is becoming baffled in the next moment because that is the law of material energy. Therefore, the materialistic world is the darkest region of God's creation. The unhappy materialistic man can get out of it simply by desiring to get out of it. Unfortunately they are so much foolish that they do not wish to get out of it. They are there compared with the camel. The camel relishes thorny twigs although thorns cut it's tongue and there is discharge of blood within the mouth. The fact is that the camel tastes its own blood emanating out of the cuts by the thorny creepers but the camel relishes the thorns because it becomes tasteful being mixed up with its own blood. Similarly the camel and ass like the materialist tastes his own blood as sweet as honey and does not wish to get out of it even though he is always harassed by his own material creations. Such materialist is called the karmis. Out of such crores of karmis only a few may feel tired of such material engagements and desire to get out of the hurdle. And such intelligent persons are called Jnanins. The Vedanta Sutra is meant for such Jnanins. But Srila Vyasadeva as He is the incarnation of power of the Supreme Lord, could foresee the misuse of the Vedanta Sutra by unscrupulous men, and, therefore, He personally made a commentation of the Vedanta Sutra in the shape of the Bhagwat Puranam. It is clearly said that this Bhagwat is the original commentation of the Brahma Sutras. Not only that Srila Vyasadeva instructed the same to His own son Srila Sukadeva Goswami who was already on the liberated stage of transcendence. Srila Sukadeva Goswami realised it personally and then explained it. By the mercy of Srila Sukadeva Goswami the Bhagwat-Vedanta-Sutra has become as easy for all those sincere souls who want to get out of the material existence.
#$p#Srimad Bhagwatam is the only one unrivalled commentation of the Vedanta Sutra. Sripad Sankaracharya intentionally did not touch it because he knew it well that it would be difficult for him to surpass the natural commentation. He made his Sarirak Bhasya and his so called followers deprecated the Bhagwatam as something new presentation. One should not, therefore, be misled by such propaganda of the Mayavada school against the Bhagwatam. The sincere student may know it from this introductory sloka that Srimad Bhagwatam is the ONLY ONE transcendental literature meant for those who are Paramhansas and completely freed from the material disease called by the name malice. The Mayavadins are envious of the Personality of Godhead inspite of Sripad Shankaracharya's admission that Narayana the Personality of Godhead is above the material creation. The envious Mayavadi cannot have an access in the Bhagwatam but those who are really anxious for getting out of this material existence may take shelter of this Bhagwatam because it is uttered by such liberated personality as Srila Sukdeva Goswami. It is the transcendental torchlight through which one can see perfectly the transcendental Absolute-Truth realised as #b#Brahma, Paramatma or Bhagawan#/b#.
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#dl##dd#yaḥ svānubhāvam akhila-śruti-sāram ekam#/dd#
#dd#adhyātma-dīpam atititīrṣatāṁ tamo 'ndham#/dd#
#dd#saṁsāriṇāṁ karuṇayāha purāṇa-guhyaṁ#/dd#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yaḥ#/i# — he who; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sva-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anubhāvam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anubhāvam#/i# — self-assimilated (experienced); #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=akhila&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#akhila#/i# — all around; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śruti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śruti#/i# — the Vedas; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sāram&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sāram#/i# — cream; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ekam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ekam#/i# — the only one; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adhyātma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#adhyātma#/i# — transcendental; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dīpam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dīpam#/i# — torchlight; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=atititīrṣatām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#atititīrṣatām#/i# — desiring to overcome; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tamaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tamaḥ #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=andham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#andham#/i# — deeply dark material existence; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saṁsāriṇām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saṁsāriṇām#/i# — of the materialistic men; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=karuṇayā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#karuṇayā#/i# — out of causeless mercy; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āha#/i# — said; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=purāṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#purāṇa#/i# — supplement to the Vedas; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=guhyam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#guhyam#/i# — very confidential; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tam#/i# — unto him; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vyāsa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vyāsa-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sūnum&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sūnum#/i# — the son of Vyāsadeva; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=upayāmi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#upayāmi#/i# — let me offer my obeisances; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gurum&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gurum#/i# — the spiritual master; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=munīnām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#munīnām#/i# — of the great sages.
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Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto him [Śuka], the spiritual master of all sages, the son of Vyāsadeva, who, out of his great compassion for those gross materialists who struggle to cross over the darkest regions of material existence, spoke this most confidential supplement to the cream of Vedic knowledge, after having personally assimilated it by experience.
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In this prayer, Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī practically summarizes the complete introduction of #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i#. #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i# is the natural supplementary commentary on the #i#Vedānta-sūtras#/i#. The #i#Vedānta-sūtras#/i#, or the #i#Brahma-sūtras#/i#, were compiled by Vyāsadeva with a view to presenting just the cream of Vedic knowledge. #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i# is the natural commentary on this cream. Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was a thoroughly realized master of the #i#Vedānta-sūtra#/i#, and consequently he also personally realized the commentary, #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i#. And just to show his boundless mercy upon bewildered materialistic men who want to cross completely over nescience, he recited for the first time this confidential knowledge.
#$p#There is no point in arguing that a materialistic man can be happy. No materialistic creature—be he the great Brahmā or an insignificant ant—can be happy. Everyone tries to make a permanent plan for happiness, but everyone is baffled by the laws of material nature. Therefore the materialistic world is called the darkest region of God's creation. Yet the unhappy materialists can get out of it simply by desiring to get out. Unfortunately they are so foolish that they do not want to escape. Therefore they are compared to the camel who relishes thorny twigs because he likes the taste of the twigs mixed with blood. He does not realize that it is his own blood and that his tongue is being cut by the thorns. Similarly, to the materialist his own blood is as sweet as honey, and although he is always harassed by his own material creations, he does not wish to escape. Such materialists are called #i#karmīs#/i#. Out of hundreds of thousands of #i#karmīs#/i#, only a few may feel tired of material engagement and desire to get out of the labyrinth. Such intelligent persons are called #i#jñānīs#/i#. The #i#Vedānta-sūtra#/i# is directed to such #i#jñānīs#/i#. But Śrīla Vyāsadeva, being the incarnation of the Supreme Lord, could foresee the misuse of the #i#Vedānta-sūtra#/i# by unscrupulous men, and, therefore, he personally supplemented the #i#Vedānta-sūtra#/i# with the #i#Bhāgavata Purāṇa#/i#. It is clearly said that this #i#Bhāgavatam#/i# is the original commentary on the #i#Brahma-sūtras#/i#. Śrīla Vyāsadeva also instructed the #i#Bhāgavatam#/i# to his own son, Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who was already at the liberated stage of transcendence. Śrīla Śukadeva realized it personally and then explained it. By the mercy of Śrīla Śukadeva, the #i#Bhāgavata-vedānta-sūtra#/i# is available for all those sincere souls who want to get out of material existence.
#$p##i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i# is the one unrivaled commentary on #i#Vedānta-sūtra#/i#. Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya intentionally did not touch it because he knew that the natural commentary would be difficult for him to surpass. He wrote his #i#Śārīraka-bhāṣya#/i#, and his so-called followers deprecated the #i#Bhāgavatam#/i# as some "new" presentation. One should not be misled by such propaganda directed against the #i#Bhāgavatam#/i# by the Māyāvāda school. From this introductory #i#śloka#/i#, the beginning student should know that #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i# is the only transcendental literature meant for those who are #i#paramahaṁsas#/i# and completely freed from the material disease called malice. The Māyāvādīs are envious of the Personality of Godhead despite Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya's admission that Nārāyaṇa, the Personality of Godhead, is above the material creation. The envious Māyāvādī cannot have access to the #i#Bhāgavatam#/i#, but those who are really anxious to get out of this material existence may take shelter of this #i#Bhāgavatam#/i# because it is uttered by the liberated Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī. It is the transcendental torchlight by which one can see perfectly the transcendental Absolute Truth realized as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān.
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