SRI SHUKADEVA SPEAKS SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM Part-I

Abandoned to desolation and inquietude of mind, smitten by fleeting senses and restlessness, and author of the Vedas, Puranas, and scriptures on mysteries and secrets of creation, knowledge of the Supreme Self, divine love, devotion, and yoga, Maharshi Vyasadeva was in earnest quest for peace, bliss, and joy. His divinely ordained rendezvous with Devarshi Narada set the backdrop for the revelation of Srimad Bhagavatam in a hundred verses to soothe his wincing heart. His born sannyasi son Sri Shukadeva retold Srimad Bhagavatam, as learned from his father, to the righteous and spiritual king Parikshita in Dvapara Yuga on the banks of the holy river, Ganges, who was cursed to death by the bite of the serpent king Takshyaka. Srimad Bhagavatam, in all its grandeur and splendour, is an ever-glowning ornate jewel in the crown of the unfailingly finality of wisdom and an epitome of the integration of karma, jnana, and bhakti in Indian spiritual tradition.