Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 Chapter 4 Verse 42

Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 4: The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.4.42

sa vai mahyaḿ mahā-rāja

bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ

imāḿ bhāgavatīḿ prītaḥ

saḿhitāḿ veda-sammitām

SYNONYMS

saḥ — he; vai — indeed; mahyam — to me, Śukadeva Gosvāmī; mahārāja — O King Parīkṣit; bhagavān — the powerful incarnation of the Supreme Lord; bādarāyaṇaḥ — Śrīla Vyāsadeva; imām — this; bhāgavatīm — Bhāgavata scripture; prītaḥ — being satisfied; saḿhitām — the anthology; veda-sammitām — equal in status to the four Vedas.

TRANSLATION

My dear Mahārāja Parīkṣit, that great personality Śrīla Vyāsadeva taught me this same scripture, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is equal in stature to the four Vedas.

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