इदं भगवता पूर्वं ब्रह्मणे नाभिपङ्कजे । स्थिताय भवभीताय कारुण्यात् सम्प्रकाशितम् ॥ १० ॥
idaṁ bhagavatā pūrvaṁ brahmaṇe nābhi-paṅkaje sthitāya bhava-bhītāya kāruṇyāt samprakāśitam
- idam
- this
- bhagavatā
- by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- pūrvam
- first
- brahmaṇe
- to Brahmā
- nābhi-paṅkaje
- upon the lotus growing from the navel
- sthitāya
- who was situated
- bhava
- of material existence
- bhītāya
- who was fearful
- kāruṇyāt
- out of mercy
- samprakāśitam
- was fully revealed
It was to Lord Brahmā that the Supreme Personality of Godhead first revealed the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in full. At the time, Brahmā, frightened by material existence, was sitting on the lotus flower that had grown from the Lord’s navel.