पुरा मया प्रोक्तमजाय नाभ्ये पद्मे निषण्णाय ममादिसर्गे । ज्ञानं परं मन्महिमावभासं यत्सूरयो भागवतं वदन्ति ॥ १३ ॥
pura maya proktam ajaya nabhye padme nisannaya mamadi-sarge jnanam param man-mahimavabhasam yat surayo bhagavatam vadanti
- pura
- in the days of yore
- maya
- by Me
- proktam
- was said
- ajaya
- unto Brahma
- nabhye
- out of the navel
- padme
- on the lotus
- nisannaya
- unto the one situated on
- mama
- My
- adi-sarge
- in the beginning of creation
- jnanam
- knowledge
- param
- sublime
- mat-mahima
- My transcendental glories
- avabhasam
- that which clarifies
- yat
- which
- surayah
- the great learned sages
- bhagavatam
- Srimad-Bhagavatam
- vadanti
- do say.
O Uddhava, in the lotus millennium in the days of yore, at the beginning of the creation, I spoke unto Brahma, who is situated on the lotus that grows out of My navel, about My transcendental glories, which the great sages describe as Srimad-Bhagavatam.