Srimad Bhagavatam — Saptama Skandha, Shloka 28
Prahlāda Instructs the Sons of Demons: Begin Bhakti from Childhood; Household Attachment as Bondage; Nārāyaṇa as the All-Pervading Supersoul
श्रुतमेतन्मया पूर्वं ज्ञानं विज्ञानसंयुतम् । धर्मं भागवतं शुद्धं नारदाद्देवदर्शनात् ॥ २८ ॥
śrutam etan mayā pūrvaṁ jñānaṁ vijñāna-saṁyutam dharmaṁ bhāgavataṁ śuddhaṁ nāradād deva-darśanāt
プラフラーダは言った。「この知は以前、神々を観る聖者ナーラダ・ムニより聞いた。これは理知と確証を伴う清浄なるバ―ガヴァタ・ダルマであり、物質の汚れを離れている。」
FAQs
This verse calls bhāgavata-dharma “pure” and presents it as knowledge joined with realization (jñāna with vijñāna), received through authentic hearing from a realized devotee like Nārada.
Prahlāda establishes the authority of his teachings: he heard them earlier from Nārada, a great sage who has direct vision of the Lord, so the instruction is not speculation but realized tradition.
Seek spiritual knowledge from genuine devotees and apply it through daily practice—hearing, chanting, and living the teachings—so understanding becomes realized and transformative, not merely theoretical.