Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1


Sanskrit:

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

ITRANS:

sūta uvācanamo dharmāya mahatenamaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhasebrahmaṇebhyo namaskṛtyadharmān vakṣye sanātanān

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.