Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 12: The Topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Summarized

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.12.1

sūta uvāca

namo dharmāya mahate

namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase

brahmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya

dharmān vakṣye sanātanān

SYNONYMS

sūtaḥ uvācaSūta Gosvāmī said; namaḥ — obeisances; dharmāyato the principle of religion; mahate — greatest; namaḥ — obeisances; kṛṣṇāyato Lord Kṛṣṇa; vedhase — the creator; brahmaṇebhyaḥto the brāhmaṇas; namaskṛtya — offering my obeisances; dharmān — the principles of religion; vakṣyeI shall speak; sanātanān — eternal.

TRANSLATION

Sūta Gosvāmī said: Offering my obeisances to the supreme religious principle, devotional service; to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the supreme creator; and to all the brāhmaṇas, I shall now describe the eternal principles of religion.

PURPORT

In this Twelfth Chapter of the Twelfth Canto, Sūta Gosvāmī will summarize all the topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, beginning from the First Canto.

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