सोऽहं नृणां क्षुल्लसुखाय दु:खं महद्गतानां विरमाय तस्य । प्रवर्तये भागवतं पुराणं यदाह साक्षाद्भगवानृषिभ्य: ॥ २ ॥
so ’ham nrnam ksulla-sukhaya duhkham mahad gatanam viramaya tasya pravartaye bhagavatam puranam yad aha saksad bhagavan rsibhyah
- sah
- that
- aham
- I
- nrnam
- of the human being
- ksulla
- very little
- sukhaya
- for happiness
- duhkham
- distress
- mahat
- great
- gatanam
- entered into
- viramaya
- for mitigation
- tasya
- his
- pravartaye
- in beginning
- bhagavatam
- Srimad-Bhagavatam
- puranam
- Vedic supplement
- yat
- which
- aha
- said
- saksat
- directly
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- rsibhyah
- unto the sages.
Let me now begin speaking on the Bhagavata Purana, which was directly spoken to the great sages by the Personality of Godhead for the benefit of those who are entangled in extreme miseries for the sake of very little pleasure.