Materials for the Study of the Early History of the Vaishnava Sect c8.81

c8.81

According to the *Mahābhārata*¹ this religion was obtained by Nārada from Nārāyaṇa Himself. "It has once before been concisely told in the *Harigītā* (that is, the *Bhagavadgītā*)." In another passage, in reply to Janamejaya’s question "who taught it first?" Vaiśampāyana says "it was told by the Adorable Himself to Arjuna" (i.e., in the *Bhagavadgītā*).²