artho 'yaá¹ brahma-sÅ«trÄṇÄá¹
bhÄratÄrtha-vinirṇayaḥ
gÄyatrÄ«-bhÄá¹£ya-rÅ«po 'sau
vedÄrtha-paribá¹›á¹hitaḥ
purÄṇÄnÄá¹ sÄma-rÅ«paḥ
sÄká¹£Äd-bhagavatoditaḥ
dvÄdaÅ›a-skandha-yukto 'yaá¹
Å›ata-viccheda-saá¹yutaḥ
grantho 'á¹£á¹ÄdaÅ›a-sÄhasraḥ
Å›rÄ«mad-bhÄgavatÄbhidhaḥ
arthaḥ ayam - this is the meaning; brahma-sÅ«trÄṇÄm - of the aphorisms of the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra; bhÄrata-artha-vinirṇayaḥ - the ascertainment of the MahÄbhÄrata; gÄyatrÄ«-bhÄá¹£ya-rÅ«paḥ - the purport of Brahma-gÄyatrÄ«, the mother of the Vedic literatures; asau - that; veda-artha-paribá¹›á¹hitaḥ - expanded by the meanings of all the Vedas; purÄṇÄnÄm - of the PurÄṇas; sÄma-rÅ«paḥ - the best (like the SÄma among the Vedas); sÄká¹£Ät - directly; bhagavatÄ uditaḥ - spoken by VyÄsadeva, an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dvÄdaÅ›a-skanda-yuktaḥ - having twelve cantos; ayam - this; Å›ata-viccheda-saá¹yutaḥ - having 335 chapters; granthaḥ - this great literature; aá¹£á¹ÄdaÅ›a-sÄhasraḥ - having 18,000 verses; Å›rÄ«mad-bhÄgavata-abhidhaḥ - named ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam.
“ ‘The meaning of the VedÄnta-sÅ«tra is present in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. The full purport of the MahÄbhÄrata is also there. The commentary of the Brahma-gÄyatrÄ« is also there and fully expanded with all Vedic knowledge. ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam is the supreme PurÄṇa, and it was compiled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as VyÄsadeva. There are twelve cantos, 335 chapters and eighteen thousand verses.’
This is a quotation from the Garuá¸a PurÄṇa.
