[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Bhagavatapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) › 2.2.34 # Bhagavatapurana 2.2.34 Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2.2.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.2.2.34) bhagavān brahma kārtsnyena triranvīkṣya manīṣayā / tadadhyavasyat kūṭastho ratirātman yato bhavet // > 34\. The great Brahma four-faced (unchanged in spirit), who is the first and foremost of all created things, thrice studied and investigated into all the Vedas, and, by force of reason, conclusively understood that course by which intense delight in (devotion to) Atman (Hari) is (necessarily) produced. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam - [Previous: 2.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.2.2.33) - [Next: 2.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.2.2.35) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.2.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.2.2.p38) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.2.2.34) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaṭsandarbha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.siddhanta.satsandarbha.1.5.286) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1555, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.2.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.2.2.34) · Pramāṇa