धर्म: प्रोज्झितकैतवोऽत्र परमो निर्मत्सराणां सतां वेद्यं वास्तवमत्र वस्तु शिवदं तापत्रयोन्मूलनम् । श्रीमद्भागवते महामुनिकृते किं वा परैरीश्वर: सद्यो हृद्यवरुध्यतेऽत्र कृतिभि: शुश्रूषुभिस्तत्क्षणात् ॥ २ ॥
dharmah projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsaranam satam vedyam vastavam atra vastu sivadam tapa-trayonmulanam srimad-bhagavate maha-muni-krte kim va parair isvarah sadyo hrdy avarudhyate ’tra krtibhih susrusubhis tat-ksanat
- dharmah
- religiosity
- projjhita
- completely rejected
- kaitavah
- covered by fruitive intention
- atra
- herein
- paramah
- the highest
- nirmatsaranam
- of the one-hundred-percent pure in heart
- satam
- devotees
- vedyam
- understandable
- vastavam
- factual
- atra
- herein
- vastu
- substance
- sivadam
- well-being
- tapa-traya
- threefold miseries
- unmulanam
- causing uprooting of
- srimat
- beautiful
- bhagavate
- the Bhagavata Purana
- maha-muni
- the great sage (Vyasadeva)
- krte
- having compiled
- kim
- what is
- va
- the need
- paraih
- others
- isvarah
- the Supreme Lord
- sadyah
- at once
- hrdi
- within the heart
- avarudhyate
- becomes compact
- atra
- herein
- krtibhih
- by the pious men
- susrusubhih
- by culture
- tat-ksanat
- without delay
Completely rejecting all religious activities which are materially motivated, this Bhagavata Purana propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who are fully pure in heart. The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all. Such truth uproots the threefold miseries. This beautiful Bhagavatam, compiled by the great sage Vyasadeva (in his maturity), is sufficient in itself for God realization. What is the need of any other scripture? As soon as one attentively and submissively hears the message of Bhagavatam, by this culture of knowledge the Supreme Lord is established within his heart.