ब्रह्मणे भगवत्प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मकल्प उपागते ॥२८॥
prÄha bhÄgavataá¹ nÄma
purÄṇaá¹ brahma-sammitam
brahmaṇe bhagavat-proktaá¹
brahma-kalpa upÄgate
prÄha - he said; bhÄgavatam - the science of the Personality of Godhead; nÄma - of the name; purÄṇam - the supplement of the Vedas; brahma-sammitam - just in pursuance of the Vedas; brahmaṇe - unto Lord BrahmÄ; bhagavat-proktam - was spoken by the Personality of Godhead; brahma-kalpe - the millennium in which BrahmÄ was first generated; upÄgate - just in the beginning.
He began to reply to the inquiries of MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it by saying that the science of the Personality of Godhead was spoken first by the Lord Himself to BrahmÄ when he was first born. ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam is the supplementary Vedic literature, and it is just in pursuance of the Vedas.
ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam is the science of the Personality of Godhead. The impersonalist always tries to misrepresent the personal feature of the Lord, not knowing the science of this great knowledge, and ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam is in pursuance of the Vedas and scientific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead. To learn this science one should take shelter of the representative of ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva and follow in the footsteps of MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it without foolishly attempting to interpret, thereby committing a great offense at the feet of the Lord. The dangerous ways of interpretations by the nondevotee class of men have played havoc in understanding the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, and the careful student should be always alert in this matter if he at all wants to learn the science of Godhead.
