CC Madhya 20.358
TEXT 358
bhāgavatārambhe vyāsa maṅgalācaraṇe
‘parameśvara’ nirūpila ei dui lakṣaṇe
SYNONYMS
bhāgavata-ārambhe—in the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; vyāsa—the great author Vyāsadeva; maṅgala-ācaraṇe—in the auspicious invocation; parama-īśvara—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nirūpila—has described; ei dui lakṣaṇe—by these two characteristics, namely svarūpa (personal) and taṭastha (marginal) symptoms.
TRANSLATION
“In the auspicious invocation at the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Śrīla Vyāsadeva has described the Supreme Personality of Godhead by these symptoms.