asampattau hetuṁ svayam evāśaṅkate—kiṁ veti |
tatra bhāgavata-dharma-padena jñānaṁ vyākhyātuṁ na śakyate |
kintu bhaktir eva, nāmāny anantasya yaśo’ṅkitāni [bhā.pu. 1.5.11] iti, bharatānudita-prāyaṁ yaśo bhagavato’malaṁ [bhā.pu. 1.5.8] ity-ādeḥ |
tataś ca paramahaṁsa-padena bhaktā evocyante, na tu jñāninaḥ |
ataḥ pāramahaṁsī saṁhiteyaṁ śrī-bhāgavatam iti jñānibhir atra svatvaṁ nāropaṇīyam ||