Lectures and Commentaries on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 2, made in Vrindavan (India)
The purpose of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is to glorify the Supreme Absolute Truth, known as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, for the benefit of the suffering humanity. Śrī Vyāsa himself calls this Purāṇa the ripened fruit of the Vedic tree and compares it to the personification of rasa, or devotional relish. It is to be tasted by the rasikas, the connoisseurs of rasa, and relished by the sahṛdayas, the sober-hearted people or those whose hearts are imbued with sattva (SB 1.1.3)
Once you get the taste of Bhagavatam, then you will not like your novels or some internet blogs. Drink this rasa of Bhagavatam. Bhagavatam may look like stories but actually it has a very special rasa to it – a juice that you can drink through the ears. And that you can go on drinking. That has no limit. Ears can hold an unlimited amount of rasa. Go on drinking until you die or until you fall into ecstasy. Go on drinking.
