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ŚB 12.12.1

Devanagari

सूत उवाच
नमो धर्माय महते नम: कृष्णाय वेधसे ।
ब्रह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य धर्मान् वक्ष्ये सनातनान् ॥ १ ॥

Text

sūta uvāca
namo dharmāya mahate
namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase
brahmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya
dharmān vakṣye sanātanān

Synonyms

sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; namaḥ — obeisances; dharmāya — to the principle of religion; mahate — greatest; namaḥ — obeisances; kṛṣṇāya — to Lord Kṛṣṇa; vedhase — the creator; brahmaṇebhyaḥ — to the brāhmaṇas; namaskṛtya — offering my obeisances; dharmān — the principles of religion; vakṣye — I shall speak; sanātanān — eternal.

Translation

Sūta Gosvāmī said: Offering my obeisances to the supreme religious principle, devotional service; to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the supreme creator; and to all the brāhmaṇas, I shall now describe the eternal principles of religion.

Purport

In this Twelfth Chapter of the Twelfth Canto, Sūta Gosvāmī will summarize all the topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, beginning from the First Canto.