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 In the Srimad Bhagavata,the great devotee Udhhava prayed ,' Vande Nanada vrja strina padrenuvrikshasha ',i offer my obeisance to the dust of Gopi's feet .According to Sri Sanatana Gosai (Vaishnava Toshini),Uddhava offered this type of prayers only to the Gopis ,not even to Rukmini and other wives of  Sri Krsna.This implies the greatness of devotees even above the potency of the Lord.In the book of Bhakti-Ratnavali,Vishnupuri Sannyashi too quoted the Bhagavata to glorify the sacred dust of Vraja.      Surdas,the Bhakti poet wrote - Hum Na vai ye Vrindavan Renu , Alas! I have not become the dust of Vrindavan .            Following the Srimad Bhagavata, Srimanta Sankardeva too composed,       Nadaer Braje jata Gopi jak       sada bandu tar pada dhulak   Let me offer my respects to the dust of Gopi's lotus feet constantly . As per Madhavdeva's poetry -  Tasambar pada renu jitu trina vane p...

 Just as the divine position of the Ganges among all rivers,as that of Lord Shiva among all the Vaishnavas and as the supreme divine position of Lord Vishnu among all the divine beings ,likewise ,the Srimad Bhagavata is the greatest treasure in the Puranic Literature .(Ref: 12th canto ,13th chapter). The Bhagavata is also the essence of Vedantic conclusion. The other Purans such as Matsya Puran,Padma puran etc too support the greatness of the Bhagavatam.     Sridhara Swami, the foremost commentator on the Bhagavat Purana ,wrote in his commentary-                 Srimatyam Kathayam Srvanakirtanayuktaya Chintaya Sambardhitaya anuvritya tatha tan-nisthena tasya dhama lokameti . Hence,we can directly conclude that, Srvana  and Kirtana of the Bhagavatam is the greatest spiritual way !As in the same chapter,Sridhara said - Anuvrite falmaha--martam iti .   As per Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva's Kirtan Ghosha -   ...