CC Madhya 25.145
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 145
- sarva-vedetihāsānāṁ
- sāraṁ sāraṁ samuddhṛtam
SYNONYMS
sarva-veda — of all Vedic literature; itihāsānām — of historical literature; sāram sāram — the essence of the essence; samuddhṛtam — is collected (in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam).
TRANSLATION
"'The essence of all Vedic literature and all histories has been collected in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.'
PURPORT
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was collected by the incarnation of God, Vyāsadeva, and it was later taught to his son, Śukadeva Gosvāmī. This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 1.3.41).