स वै मह्यं महाराज भगवान् बादरायण: । इमां भागवतीं प्रीत: संहितां वेदसम्मिताम् ॥ ४२ ॥
sa vai mahyaṁ mahā-rāja bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ imāṁ bhāgavatīṁ prītaḥ saṁhitāṁ veda-sammitām
- saḥ
- he
- vai
- indeed
- mahyam
- to me, Śukadeva Gosvāmī
- mahārāja
- O King Parīkṣit
- bhagavān
- the powerful incarnation of the Supreme Lord
- bādarāyaṇaḥ
- Śrīla Vyāsadeva
- imām
- this
- bhāgavatīm
- Bhāgavata scripture
- prītaḥ
- being satisfied
- saṁhitām
- the anthology
- veda-sammitām
- equal in status to the four Vedas.
My dear Mahārāja Parīkṣit, that great personality Śrīla Vyāsadeva taught me this same scripture, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is equal in stature to the four Vedas.