Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 39
Brahmā’s Day, the Four Pralayas, and the Supreme Shelter Beyond Cause–Effect
एता: कुरुश्रेष्ठ जगद्विधातु- र्नारायणस्याखिलसत्त्वधाम्न: । लीलाकथास्ते कथिता: समासत: कार्त्स्न्येन नाजोऽप्यभिधातुमीश: ॥ ३९ ॥
etāḥ kuru-śreṣṭha jagad-vidhātur nārāyaṇasyākhila-sattva-dhāmnaḥ līlā-kathās te kathitāḥ samāsataḥ kārtsnyena nājo ’py abhidhātum īśaḥ
ஹே குருச்ரேஷ்டா! உலகத்தை அமைத்தவனும், எல்லா இருப்புகளின் தாமமும் ஆன ஸ்ரீநாராயணனின் இவ்விளையாட்டுக் கதைகளை நான் உனக்கு சுருக்கமாகக் கூறினேன்; அவற்றை முழுமையாகச் சொல்ல பிரம்மாவே (அஜன்) கூட இயலான்.
FAQs
This verse says the Lord’s līlā-kathā is so limitless that even Brahmā (Aja) cannot describe it completely; what is spoken is only a summary.
Śukadeva reminds Parīkṣit that the narrations he has heard are condensed, emphasizing the Lord’s infinite greatness and encouraging continued faith in hearing Hari-kathā.
Approach spiritual study with humility: keep hearing and reflecting on Bhagavatam, knowing divine truth is vast and cannot be exhausted by one reading or one speaker.