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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.8.28

ప్రాహ భాగవతం నామ పురాణం బ్రహ్మసమ్మితమ్ । బ్రహ్మణే భగవత్ప్రోక్తం బ్రహ్మకల్ప ఉపాగతే ॥ ౨౮ ॥
prāha bhāgavataṁ nāma
[praaha bhaagavatam naama]
purāṇaṁ brahma-sammitam
[puraanam brahma-sammitam]
brahmaṇe bhagavat-proktaṁ
[brahmane bhagavat-proktam]
brahma-kalpa upāgate
[brahma-kalpa upaagate]
prāha — he said bhāgavatam — the science of the Personality of Godhead nāma — of the name purāṇam — the supplement of the Vedas brahma-sammitam — just in pursuance of the Vedas brahmaṇe — unto Lord Brahmā bhagavat-proktam — was spoken by the Personality of Godhead brahma-kalpe — the millennium in which Brahmā was first generated upāgate — just in the beginning.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prāha bhāgavataṁ nāma
prāha
he said
bhāgavatam
the science of the Personality of Godhead
nāma
of the name
purāṇaṁ brahma-sammitam
purāṇam
the supplement of the Vedas
brahma-sammitam
just in pursuance of the Vedas
brahmaṇe bhagavat-proktaṁ
brahmaṇe
unto Lord Brahmā
bhagavat-proktam
was spoken by the Personality of Godhead
brahma-kalpa upāgate
brahma-kalpe
the millennium in which Brahmā was first generated
upāgate
just in the beginning.
He began to reply to the inquiries of Mahārāja Parīkṣit by saying that the science of the Personality of Godhead was spoken first by the Lord Himself to Brahmā when he was first born. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the supplementary Vedic literature, and it is just in pursuance of the Vedas.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the science of the Personality of Godhead. The impersonalist always tries to misrepresent the personal feature of the Lord, not knowing the science of this great knowledge, and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is in pursuance of the Vedas and scientific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead. To learn this science one should take shelter of the representative of Śrī Śukadeva and follow in the footsteps of Mahārāja Parīkṣit without foolishly attempting to interpret, thereby committing a great offense at the feet of the Lord. The dangerous ways of interpretations by the nondevotee class of men have played havoc in understanding the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and the careful student should be always alert in this matter if he at all wants to learn the science of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
He spoke the scripture called Bhāgavatam, the essence of the Vedas, which was spoken by the Lord to Brahmā in the first kalpa.
Commentary

Śukadeva then commenced to give the answers by reciting the Bhāgavatam. Brahma-kalpe means in the first day of Brahmā.

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