The language of
Srimad Bhagavatam which is written in Sanskrit is rather tough. It is difficult to
understand it fully without the help of commentaries, of which there are quite a
number, and the most famous among them is one written by Sridhara Swami.
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, a great Sanskrit scholar and national leader said, "I
have great love for Srimad Bhagavatam. It is my conviction and experience that by
reciting and listening to it one comes to know the reality of God and develops unflinching
devotion to His lotus feet." Years after, a
Kerala poet named Narayana Bhattathiri summarised the Bhagavatam into a thousand verses
and called it Narayaneeyam. He sang them before the Lord of Guruvayur, Krishna, and was
cured of his fell disease! |
