Verse 14

¹⁴The other old tellings shine in the company of the good only so long as the highest holy Bhagavata is not itself seen there. ¹⁵For the holy Bhagavata is held to be the essence of all the Vedanta, and a man filled with the nectar of its taste finds no delight anywhere else. ¹⁶As the Ganga among the rivers that run down, as the Unfallen among the gods, as Sambhu among those who follow Visnu, so is this among the old tellings. ¹⁷And as Kasi among all the holy places, with none above it, so, brahmins, is the holy Bhagavata among the whole body of the old tellings. ¹⁸The holy Bhagavata is the spotless old telling, dear to those who follow Visnu, in which the one spotless highest knowledge belonging to the greatest of swans is sung. Freedom from works is shown there, with knowledge and turning away and devotion in it; and a man who hears it and reads it well and gives himself to weighing it is set free by devotion.