And yet, out of thousands of such brahmanas who have surpassed Vedic knowledge, one person may be a visnu-bhakta, and he is most famous.
He is considered the best among all these brahmanas. “It is said that out of thousands of brahmanas, one is qualified to perform sacrifices, and out of many thousands of such qualified brahmanas expert in sacrificial offerings, one learned brahmana may have passed beyond all Vedic knowledge. Vaisnavanarh sahasrebhya ekanty eko visisyate Sarva-vedanta vit-kotya visnu-bhakto visisyate Satra-yaji-sahasrebhyah sarva-vedanta-paragah In his purport to Shri Chaitanya-charitamrita (Madhya 2.46), Shrila Prabhupada wrote: The Garuda Purana similarly states:īrahmananarh sahasrebhyah satra-yaji visisyate
“If one chants the holy name of the Lord, even in a helpless condition or without desiring to do so, all the reactions of his sinful life depart, just as when a lion roars, all the small animals flee in fear.” (Garuda Purana) In his purport to Shrimad-Rhagavatam (SB 6.2.7), Srila Prabhupada quoted this verse: “Even the worms, birds and beasts are assured of elevation to the highest perfectional life if they are completely surrendered to the transcendental loving service of the Lord, so what to speak of the philosophers amongst the human beings? This is confirmed in the Garuda Purana as follows: In another purport to Shrimad-Bhagavatam (SB 2.9.36), Shrila Prabhupada wrote: Therefore the devotional service of the Lord with perfect knowledge through the training of a bona fide spiritual master is advised for everyone, even if one happens not to be a human being. “Even though one may have gone to the other side of all the Vedas, and even though one is well versed in all the revealed scriptures, if one is not a devotee of the Supreme Lord, he must be considered the lowest of mankind.” In his purport to the Shrimad-Bhagavatam (SB 2.9.36), Shrila Prabhupada wrote:The same truth is also indirectly described in the Garuda Purana as follows: Shrila Prabhupada quoted many verses from the Garuda Purana. The primary characteristic of a Purana in the mode of goodness is that it exclusively glorifies Lord Vishnu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are Twelve cantos, 335 chapters and eighteen thousand verses.” Srimad-Bhagavatam is the supreme Purana, and it was compiled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as Vyasadeva. The commentary of the Brahma-gayatri is also there and fully expanded with all Vedic knowledge.
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The full purport of the Mahabharata is also there. “The meaning of the Vedanta-sutra is present in SrimadBhagavatam. This verse was also used by Krishnadasa Kaviraja in his Shri Chaitanya-charitamrita (Madhya 25.145): Srila Prabhupada often quoted this famous verse from the Garuda Purana that describes the sublime position of the Shrimad-Bhagavatam. It says that the Bhagavata Purana is the foremost, the Vishnu Purana is next, and the Garuda Purana is third in importance. And six Puranas are for those who are in the modes of ignorance.” The Garuda Purana confirms that it is one of the six Puranas that are meant for persons in the mode of goodness. And six Puranas are meant for the persons who are in the modes of passion. Six Puranas are meant for the person who is in the modes of goodness. To reclaim all these conditioned souls in different varieties of life, there are presentation of the Puranas. Men are conducted in three qualities: the modes of goodness, modes of passion, and modes of ignorance.
In a Bhagavad-gita lecture given in Los Angeles on February 15, 1969, Shrila Prabhupada said, “There are eighteen Puranas. The Garuda Purana is one of the eighteen principal Puranas, as stated in the Shrimad-Bhagavatam (SB 12.7.23-24): The eighteen major Puranas are the Brahma, Padma, Visnu, Siva, Liriga, Garuda, Narada, Bhagavata, Agni, Skanda, Bhavisya, Brahma-vaivarta, Markandeya, Vamana, Varaha, Matsya, Kurma and Brahmanda Puranas.
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