SB 12.12.1
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 1
sūta uvāca
namo dharmāya mahate
namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase
brahmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya
dharmān vakṣye sanātanān
SYNONYMS
sūtaḥ uvāca—Sūta Gosvāmī said; namaḥ—obeisances; dharmāya—to the principle of religion; mahate—greatest; namaḥ—obeisances; kṛṣṇāya—to Lord Kṛṣṇa; vedhase—the creator; brahmaṇebhyaḥ—to the brāhmaṇas; namaskṛtya—offering my obeisances; dharmān—the principles of religion; vakṣye—I shall speak; sanātanān—eternal.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Offering my obeisances to the supreme religious principle, devotional service; to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the supreme creator; and to all the brāhmaṇas, I shall now describe the eternal principles of religion.
PURPORT
In this Twelfth Chapter of the Twelfth Canto, Sūta Gosvāmī will summarize all the topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, beginning from the First Canto.