आख्यानेऽस्मिन्समाम्नातमाध्यात्मिकमशेषतः ॥४५॥
dharmo bhÄgavatÄnÄá¹ ca
bhagavÄn yena gamyate
ÄkhyÄne 'smin samÄmnÄtam
ÄdhyÄtmikam aÅ›eá¹£ataḥ
dharmaḥ - religious principles; bhÄgavatÄnÄm - of the devotees; ca - and; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yena - by which; gamyate - one can understand; ÄkhyÄne - in the narration; asmin - this; samÄmnÄtam - is perfectly described; ÄdhyÄtmikam - transcendence; aÅ›eá¹£ataḥ - without reservations.
The principles of religion by which one can actually understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead are called bhÄgavata-dharma. In this narration, therefore, which deals with these principles, actual transcendence is properly described.
Through the principles of religion, one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Brahman (the impersonal feature of the Supreme Lord) and ParamÄtmÄ (the localized aspect of the Lord). When one is well conversant with all these principles, he becomes a devotee and performs bhÄgavata-dharma. PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja, the spiritual master in the line of disciplic succession, advised that this bhÄgavata-dharma be instructed to students from the very beginning of their education (kaumÄra Äcaret prÄjño dharmÄn bhÄgavatÄn iha). To understand the science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the real purpose of education. Åšravaṇaá¹ kÄ«rtanaá¹ viṣṇoḥ. One must simply hear about and describe Lord Viṣṇu and His various incarnations. This narration concerning PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja and Lord Ná¹›siá¹hadeva, therefore, has properly described spiritual, transcendental subjects.
