SB 12.5.1

Devanāgarī

श्रीशुक उवाच अत्रानुवर्ण्यतेऽभीक्ष्णं विश्वात्मा भगवान् हरि: । यस्य प्रसादजो ब्रह्मा रुद्र: क्रोधसमुद्भ‍व: ॥ १ ॥

Text

śrī-śuka uvāca atrānuvarṇyate ’bhīkṣṇaṁ viśvātmā bhagavān hariḥ yasya prasāda-jo brahmā rudraḥ krodha-samudbhavaḥ

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥuvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;atra—in thisŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam;anuvarṇyate—is elaborately described;abhīkṣṇam—repeatedly;viśva-ātmā—the soul of the entire universe;bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead;hariḥ—Lord Hari;yasya—of whom;prasāda—from the satisfaction;jaḥ—born;brahmā—Lord Brahmā;rudraḥ—Lord Śiva;krodha—from the anger;samudbhavaḥ—whose birth.

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: This Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam has elaborately described in various narrations the Supreme Soul of all that be — the Personality of Godhead, Hari — from whose satisfaction Brahmā is born and from whose anger Rudra takes birth.

Purport

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has given a very elaborate summary of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in his commentary on this verse. The essence of the great ācārya’s statement is that unconditional loving surrender to the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, as described by Śukadeva Gosvāmī, is the highest perfection of life. The exclusive purpose of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is to convince the conditioned soul to execute such surrender to the Lord and go back home, back to Godhead.

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