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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 316

tumi—vaktā bhāgavatera, tumi jāna artha
tomā vinā anya jānite nāhika samartha“

SYNONYMS

tumi—Your Lordship; vaktā—the speaker; bhāgavatera—of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; tumi—You; jāna—know; artha—the import; tomā vinā—except for You; anya—anyone else; jānite—to know; nāhika—is not; samartha—able.

TRANSLATION

“My dear Lord, You are the original speaker of the Bhāgavatam. You therefore know its real import. But for You, no one can understand the confidential meaning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.”

PURPORT

Following this statement by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, we have written our introduction to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB First Canto, pages 1-41).