purÄṇa-saá¹hitÄm etÄm
aśrauṣma bhavato vayam
yasyÄá¹ khalÅ«ttamaḥ-Å›loko
bhagavÄn anavarṇyate

 purÄṇa-saá¹hitÄm - essential summary of all the PurÄṇas; etÄm - this; aÅ›rauá¹£ma - have heard; bhavataḥ - from you; vayam - we; yasyÄm - in which; khalu - indeed; uttamaḥ-Å›lokaḥ - who is always described in choice poetry; bhagavÄn - the Personality of Godhead; anuvarṇyate - is fittingly described.


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I have heard from you this ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, which is the perfect summary of all the PurÄṇas and which perfectly describes the Supreme Lord, Uttamaḥśloka.

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