ataeva bhāgavata karaha vicāra
ihā haite pābe sūtra-śrutira artha-sāra
ataeva — por lo tanto; bhāgavata — el Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; karaha vicāra — trata de entender con todo detalle; ihā haite — de esto; pābe — obtendrás; sūtra-śrutira — de la filosofía védica, el Brahma-sūtra; artha-sāra — el verdadero significado.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura states that without studying Srimad-Bhagavatam one cannot understand the purport of the Brahma-sutra (Vedanta-sutra) or the Upanishads. If one tries to understand Vedanta philosophy and the Upanishads without studying Srimad-Bhagavatam, one will be bewildered and, construing a different meaning, will gradually become an atheist or an impersonalist.