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.
This is a quotation from the Garuá¸a PurÄṇa.