SB 1.1.23 (1962)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 23
Bruhi yogesware krishne brahmanye dharma varmani
Swam kastham adhuno' pete dharmam kam saranam gatah
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Bruhi—please tell, Yogesware—the lord of all mystic powers, Krishna—lord Krishna, Brahmanye—the absolute truth, Dharma—religion, Varman—protector, Swam—own, Kastham—abode, Adhuna—now a days, Apete—having gone away, Dharmam—religion, Kam—unto whom, Saranam—shelter, Gatah—gone.
TRANSLATION
Please let us know as to whom the religious principles have taken shelter at the present moment when Sri Krishna the Absolute Truth and the Master of all mystic powers has had departed for His own abode.
PURPORT
Religion is the prescribed codes enunciated by the Personality of Godhead Himself. Whenever there is gross misuse of the principles of religion, the Supreme Lord appears Himself to restore religious principles. In the Bhagwat Geeta also the same declaration is there and herein the sages of the Naimisharanya enquires on the same principles. The reply for this question is given later on that Srimad Bhagwatam is the transcendental sound representative of the Personality of Godhead and as such Srimad Bhagwatam is the full representation of transcendental knowledge and religious principles.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports of the first canto-first chapter of Srimad Bhagwatam in the matter of questions by the sages.