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CC Madhya 24.316 (1975)



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 (First Canto, Part One, pages 7-41).