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tumi--vakta bhagavatera, tumi jana artha

toma vina anya janite nahika samartha"

SYNONYMS

tumi—Your Lordship; vakta—the speaker; bhagavatera—of Srimad-Bhagavatam; tumi—You; jana—know; artha—the import; toma vina—except for You; anya—anyone else; janite—to know; nahika—is not; samartha—able “My dear Lord, You are the original speaker of the Bhagavatam.

You therefore know its real import.

But for You, no one can understand the confidential meaning of Srimad-Bhagavatam.”

PURPORT

Following this statement by Srila Sanatana Gosvami, we have written our introduction to Srimad-Bhagavatam (First Canto, Part One, pages 7-41).