इदं भागवतं नाम पुराणं ब्रह्मसम्मितम् । अधीतवान् द्वापरादौ पितुर्द्वैपायनादहम् ॥ ८ ॥
idam bhagavatam nama puranam brahma-sammitam adhitavan dvaparadau pitur dvaipayanad aham
- idam
- this
- bhagavatam
- Srimad-Bhagavatam
- nama
- of the name
- puranam
- Vedic supplement
- brahma-sammitam
- approved as the essence of the Vedas
- adhitavan
- studied
- dvapara-adau
- at the end of the Dvapara-yuga
- pituh
- from my father
- dvaipayanat
- Dvaipayana Vyasadeva
- aham
- myself.
At the end of the Dvapara-yuga, I studied this great supplement of Vedic literature named Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is equal to all the Vedas, from my father, Srila Dvaipayana Vyasadeva.