I meditate upon that pure, spotless Nārāyaṇa, who is free from suffering and death and who previously revealed this incomparable lamp of knowledge to Brahmā. Brahmā then spoke it to the sage Nārada, who narrated it to Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa. Śrīla Vyāsa revealed this Bhāgavatam to the greatest of sages, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, and Śukadeva mercifully spoke it to Mahārāja Parīkṣit. He invokes auspiciousness, with meditation on the Lord who started the sampradaya of Bhāgavatam knowledge. Kasmai means Brahmā. It is inflexed like a pronoun as poetic license. The twelve volumes of Bhāgavatam, previously, at the beginning of the kalpa, were given by Brahmā to Nārada. Nārada gave it to Vyāsadeva. Vyāsadeva gave it to Śukadeva. Śukadeva gave it to King Parīkṣit (bhagavat-rātāya). I meditate on the form of Nārāyaṇa (tat param satyam). Just as the work began with gāyatrī it concludes with gāyatrī (satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi). Gāyatrī is equated with knowledge of the Vedas. Thus this work is equated with knowledge of the Vedas.