योगधारणयोत्क्रान्ति: संवादो नारदाजयो: । अवतारानुगीतं च सर्ग: प्राधानिकोऽग्रत: ॥ ७ ॥
yoga-dhāraṇayotkrāntiḥ saṁvādo nāradājayoḥ avatārānugītaṁ ca sargaḥ prādhāniko ’grataḥ
- yoga-dhāraṇayā
- by fixed meditation in yoga
- utkrāntiḥ
- the attainment of liberation at the time of passing away
- saṁvādaḥ
- the conversation
- nārada-ajayoḥ
- between Nārada and Brahmā
- avatāra-anugītam
- the listing of the incarnations of the Supreme Lord
- ca
- and
- sargaḥ
- the process of creation
- prādhānikaḥ
- from the unmanifest material nature
- agrataḥ
- in progressive order
The Bhāgavatam explains how one can attain liberation at the time of death by practicing fixed meditation in yoga. It also contains a discussion between Nārada and Brahmā, an enumeration of the incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and a description of how the universe was created in progressive sequence, beginning from the unmanifest stage of material nature.