← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 1: Questions by the Sages

Verse 23 of 23
SB 1.1.23

brūhi yogeśvare kṛṣṇe brahmaṇye dharma-varmaṇi svāṁ kāṣṭhām adhunopete dharmaḥ kaṁ śaraṇaṁ gataḥ

Synonyms

brūhiplease tell; yoga-īśvarethe lord of all mystic powers; kṛṣṇelord Krishna; brahmaṇyethe absolute truth; dharmareligion; varmaṇiprotector; svāmown; kāṣṭhāmabode; adhunānow a days; upetehaving gone away; dharmaḥreligion; kamunto whom; śaraṇamshelter; gataḥgone.

Translation

Please let us know as to whom the religious principles have taken shelter at the present moment when Sri Krishna the Absolute Truth and the Master of all mystic powers has had departed for His own abode.

Purport

Religion is the prescribed codes enunciated by the Personality of Godhead Himself. Whenever there is gross misuse of the principles of religion, the Supreme Lord appears Himself to restore religious principles. In the Bhagwat Geeta also the same declaration is there and herein the sages of the Naimisharanya enquires on the same principles. The reply for this question is given later on that Srimad Bhagwatam is the transcendental sound representative of the Personality of Godhead and as such Srimad Bhagwatam is the full representation of transcendental knowledge and religious principles.

Verse 23 of 23
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