Verse 2.21.15

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.15:

সবে পুরুষার্থ `ভক্তি’ ভাগবতে হয `প্রেম-রূপ ভাগবত’ চারি-বেদে কয ॥ ১৫ ॥

सबे पुरुषार्थ `भक्ति’ भागवते हय `प्रेम-रूप भागवत’ चारि-वेदे कय ॥ १५ ॥

sabe puruṣārtha `bhakti’ bhāgavate haya `prema-rūpa bhāgavata’ cāri-vede kaya || 15 ||

sabe purusartha `bhakti’ bhagavate haya `prema-rupa bhagavata’ cari-vede kaya (15)

English translation:

(15) “In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam devotional service is described as the ultimate goal of life. The four Vedas declare that Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is the manifestation of ecstatic love.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

All Vedic literatures glorify Śrīmad Bhāgavatam as the science of the ultimate goal of life in the form of prema. The sense enjoyers normally consider religiosity, economic development, and sense gratification as the goals of life, and the renunciants imagine liberation as the goal of life. But the pure devotees, who are transcendental to the sense enjoyers and the renunciants and who are expert in worshiping the Supreme Lord,

give up considerations of the four objectives of life—religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation—and accept love of Kṛṣṇa as the purport of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. When karma, jñāna, yoga, study of the scriptures, and other processes for achieving the goal of life become ardently aimed at attaining the actual goal of life, then their own existence becomes lost and they merge into devotional service.