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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.4.13

పురా మయా ప్రోక్తమజాయ నాభ్యే పద్మే నిషణ్ణాయ మమాదిసర్గే । జ్ఞానం పరం మన్మహిమావభాసం యత్సూరయో భాగవతం వదన్తి ॥ ౧౩ ॥
purā mayā proktam ajāya nābhye
[puraa mayaa proktam ajaaya naabhye]
padme niṣaṇṇāya mamādi-sarge
[padme nishannaaya mamaadi-sarge]
jṣānaṁ paraṁ man-mahimāvabhāsaṁ
[jshaanam param man-mahimaavabhaasam]
yat sūrayo bhāgavataṁ vadanti
[yat soorayo bhaagavatam vadanti]
Word-for-word
purā — in the days of yore mayā — by Me proktam — was said ajāya — unto Brahmā nābhye — out of the navel padme — on the lotus niṣaṇṇāya — unto the one situated on mama — My ādi-sarge — in the beginning of creation jṣānam — knowledge param — sublime mat-mahimā — My transcendental glories avabhāsam — that which clarifies yat — which sūrayaḥ — the great learned sages bhāgavatam — Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam vadanti — do say.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
purā mayā proktam ajāya nābhye
purā
in the days of yore
mayā
by Me
proktam
was said
ajāya
unto Brahmā
nābhye
out of the navel
padme niṣaṇṇāya mamādi-sarge
padme
on the lotus
niṣaṇṇāya
unto the one situated on
mama
My
ādi-sarge
in the beginning of creation
jṣānaṁ paraṁ man-mahimāvabhāsaṁ
jṣānam
knowledge
param
sublime
mat-mahimā
My transcendental glories
avabhāsam
that which clarifies
yat sūrayo bhāgavataṁ vadanti
yat
which
sūrayaḥ
the great learned sages
bhāgavatam
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
vadanti
do say.
O Uddhava, in the lotus millennium in the days of yore, at the beginning of the creation, I spoke unto Brahmā, who is situated on the lotus that grows out of My navel, about My transcendental glories, which the great sages describe as Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Purport

The explanation of the Supreme Self, as given to Brahmā and already explained in the Second Canto of this great literature, is further clarified herein. The Lord said that the concise form of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as explained to Brahmā was meant to elucidate His personality. The impersonal explanation of those four verses in the Second Canto is nullified herewith. Śrīdhara Svāmī also explains in this connection that the same concise form of the Bhāgavatam concerned the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa and was never meant for impersonal indulgence.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Previously at the beginning of creation, I spoke to Brahmā sitting on his lotus in lake of my navel the highest knowledge--which reveals my pastimes, and which the devotees call the four essential verses of Bhāgavatam. Here the Lord describes what he promised to give Uddhava. Adi-sarge means the first day of Brahmā’s life. [Note: See SB 2.8.28.] I spoke that knowledge which reveals my pastimes (man-mahimā). This meaning of mahimā is according to Śrīdhara Svāmī. Others say mahimā means glories. The Bhāgavatam refers to the four essential verses.
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