Srimad Bhagavatam

...vidyAvatAM bhAgavate parIkShA - The test of scholars is how well they understand the Bhagavata Purana.

athavA sarvadA zAstraM zrImad bhAgavatam AdarAt
paThanIyaM prayatnena sarva hetu vivarjitam

Otherwise one should constantly study Srimad Bhagavatam with great effort and give up all other goals. (VallabhAcArya's advice to devotees unable to follow puSTi bhakti - taking sannyAs)

Glories of Srimad Bhagavatam in various Puranas
Enumeration of the subjects in the Srimad Bhagavatam
Dating Srimad Bhagavatam
Srimad Bhagavatam verses pertaining to Vedanta-sutras
Commentaries on SB
The most cited verses from SB by Srila Prabhupada

eka zlokI BhAgavatam (BhAgavatam 10. skandha in one stanza)

adau devakI devI garbha jananam, gopi gRhe pAlanam,
mayA pUtanA jIvitA apaharanam, govardhanodharanam,
kamsa chedana, kauravAdi hananam, kuntI sutAn pAlanam,
etad bhAgavatam purANa gaditam zrI kRSNa lIlAmRtaM

He was born from the womb of queen DevakI, brought up in the home of gopI YazodA,
took the life of PUtanA witch, lifted the Govardhana hill,
beheaded His uncle Kamsa, killed the Kauravas and others, and looked after the sons of KuntI.
This is the story of BhAgavata PurANa which describes the nectar-like play of Lord Krishna.

Glories of Srimad Bhagavatam in various Puranas

History of Srimad Bhagavatam is described in the beginning and at the end (SB 12.13.19).
After compiling the Vedic literature, Puranas, etc., Vyasadeva was still feeling unsatisfied. While thinking in this way Narada Muni reached the cottage of Vyasadeva and was asked about the cause of dissatisfaction. Narada Muni explained that because Vyasadeva did not directly describe Krsna's pastimes, and instead gave a license to enjoy sense gratification under religious principles, he was remaining unsatisfied. Narada then instructed Vyasadeva in the catur sloka, or catuhsloki (SB 2.9.33-36) the essence of the Veda. Vyasadeva took these four verses and expanded them to compile the Srimad Bhagavatam, which is known as the ripened fruit of Vedic literature because it directly describes Krsna's transcendental pastimes. It is also zruti sAram ekam, the cream of srutis (SB 1.2.3) and as such it is considered the best pramana by Gaudiya Vaisnava acaryas. Vyasadeva has written SB in his spiritual maturity absorbed in trance: samAdhinAnusmara tad-viceSTitam - "In the trance you are thinking about Lord's pastimes and describing them." (SB 1.5.13).

kRSNe sva-dhAmopagate
dharma-jJAnAdibhiH saha
kalau naSTa-dRzAm eSa
purANArko 'dhunoditaH

This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the sun, and it has arisen just after the departure of Lord Krsna to His own abode, accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the age of Kali shall get light from this Purana. (SB 1.3.43)

grantho 'STAdaza sAhasro dvAdaza skandha samyutaH
parIkSic chuka samvAdaH zrImad bhAgavatAbhidhaH
zlokArddham zloka pAdaM vA nityaM bhAgavatodbhavam
paThasva sva mukhenA pi yadIcchasi bhava kSayam

The scripture which has 18,000 verses and is divided into twelve cantos which is the conversation between Pariksit and Sukadeva Gosvami, is the Srimad Bhagavatam. If somebody wants liberation from this world, to cut the tie of this material existence, he should daily study the Srimad Bhagavatam - even half a sloka or even one line of a sloka. (Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda 195.29,36, MUM e-edition p. 2965-6)

As stated in the Matsya Purana (53.65,68,69):

A Purana has five characteristics as opposed to an Akhyana. (The scriptures are divided into three classes - sattvika, rajasika, and tamasika.) The glory of Lord Hari is greater in the sattvika Puranas; the glory of Lord Brahma is more in the rajasika Puranas; the glory of Lord Siva and Agni is more in the tamasika Puranas. In the mixed scriptures the glory of Sarasvati and the Pitrs is explained."

The verse cited from the Matsya Purana refers to the five characteristics of a Purana. These characteristics are given in another verse of the Matsya Purana, 53.65 and Garuda Purana 1.223.14:

sargaz ca pratisargaz ca vaMzo manvantarAni ca
vaMzyAnucaritAc caiva purANAm paJca lakSanam

"Creation, dissolution, genealogy, manvantaras and descriptions of the activities of famous kings, these are the five characteristics of a Purana."

Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda (236.18-22) explicitly states that the eighteen Puranas are divided according to the three modes of nature. (MUM e-edition p. 3192):

mAtsyam kaurmam tathA laiGgam zaivam skAndam tathaiva ca
Agneyam ca Sadetani tAmasAni nibodha me |18|
vaiSNavam nAradIyam ca tathA bhAgavatam zubham
gArudam ca tathA pAdmam vArAham zubha darzane |19|
sAtvikAni purANAni vijJeyAni zubhAni vai
brahmANDa brahmavaivarttam mArkandeyam tathaiva ca |20|
bhaviSyam vAmanam brAhmam rAjasAni nibodha me
sAtvikAmokSadaH proktA rAjasAH sarvadAzubhAH |21|
tathaiva tAmasA devi niraya prApti hetavaH
tathaiva smRtayaH proktA tRSibhis triguNAnvitAH |22|

(Lord Siva:) "Know that the Matsya, Kurma, Linga, Siva, Skanda and Agni Puranas are the six tamasika; the Visnu, Narada, the auspicious Bhagavata, Garuda, Padma and Varaha Puranas are the sattvika Puranas, o beautiful lady; the Brahmanda, Brahma-vaivarta, Markandeya, Bhavisya, Vamana and Brahma Puranas are known as rajasika.
Sattvika Puranas are said to give liberation, rajasika Puranas everything (in)auspicious* and tamasika Puranas cause one to go to hell, o Devi. Thus they should be remembered as endowed by three gunas."

)* Both zubhAH and azubhAH is grammatically possible here. However, in verse 19 BhAgavatam is also called zubham so obviously rajasika PurANas cannot be zubha in the same way. Their zubha nature could refer only to material enjoyment (kAma) which inevitably brings unpleasant (azubha) reactions. Also, since sattvika nature leads to moksa and tamasika nature to niraya, the rajasika nature is in between - a mix of good and bad karma. This is supported by BG 18.38: "That happiness which is derived from contact of the senses with their objects and which appears like nectar at first but poison at the end is said to be of the nature of passion."

The characteristics of Srimad Bhagavatam are given in the Matsya Purana (53.20-22):

yatrAdhikRtya gAyatrIm varNyate dharmavistaraH
vRtrAsuravadhopetam tad bhAgavatam izyate
likhitvA tac ca yo dadyAd dhema siMha samanvitam
prauSthApAdyam paurNamAsyam sa yAti paramAm gatim
aSTadaza sahasrAni purANAm tat prakIrtitam

"That which explains the topmost principles of religion, basing it on Gayatri, and which has the incident of the killing of Vrtrasura is to be known as the Srimad Bhagavatam. This Purana has eighteen thousand verses. Whoever makes a copy of the Srimad Bhagavatam and, placing it on a golden lion throne, donates it on the full moon day in the month of Bhadra (August-September), will attain the supreme goal." [to make a copy: by writing (likhitvA)]

Skanda Purana, Prabhasa Khanda (7.1.2.39-42) also describes Srimad Bhagavatam:

yatrAdhikRtya gAyatrIm...
sArasvatasya kalpasya madhye ye syur narAmaraH
tad vrttantodbhavam loke tac ca bhAgavatam smRtam
likhitvA tac ca... aSTadaza sahasrAni purANAm tat prakIrtitam

"That which gives accounts of the humans and demigods in the Sarasvata Kalpa, explains the supreme religion, basing itself on Gayatri, and narrates the slaying of Vrtrasura is to be known as the Srimad Bhagavatam. It has eighteen thousand verses. Whoever makes a copy of the Bhagavatam and donates it, on a golden lion throne, on the full moon day in the month of Bhadra, will attain the supreme destination." [to make a copy: by writing (likhitvA)]

These verses are also found in the Agni Purana (272.6,7).

Gautama said: O Lord of the Earth, do you recite the Bhagavata Purana in front of the Deity of Lord Hari, especially the narration of the king of the demons, Prahlada Maharaja? (Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda 22.115, not in MUM e-edition)

Again, in the Padma Purana, in the section glorifying the vow of Vyanjuli Mahadvadasi, Gautama instructs King Ambarisa, "One should stay awake (on the night of Vyanjuli Mahadvadasi) and hear the scriptures that narrate the stories of Lord Visnu and His devotees, especially the Bhagavad-gita, the thousand names of Lord Visnu, and the Purana narrated by Suka (Srimad Bhagavatam). These should be recited with care since they are pleasing to Lord Hari."

And in the same section of the Padma Purana he says: "O Ambarisa, if you desire an end to your material existence, then everyday hear Srimad Bhagavatam narrated by Suka, and also recite it yourself." (nityam bhagavatam srnu suka proktam ambarisa)

In the Prahlada Samhita of the Skanda Purana, in the section describing the glory of Dvaraka is this statement, "A person who stays up (on the night of Ekadasi) and recites the Srimad Bhagavatam with devotion in front of the Deity of Lord Hari goes to the abode of Lord Hari with all his family members."

The Padma Purana, Uttara khanda (193.2-3, MUM e-edition p. 2952), states:

...tena me bhaktir utpannA zrotuM kRSNa kathAM param
purANeSu tu sarveSu zrImad bhAgavataM param
yatra pratipadaM kRSNo gIyate bahudha rSibhiH...

(Parvati said:) "...by that bhakti arises in me to hear the supreme Krsna katha. Among all the Puranas, the Srimad Bhagavatam, in which Lord Krsna is glorified at every step by various great sages, is supreme."

The Skanda Purana, Visnu khanda 6.4.3, states:

zrImad bhAgavatasyAtha zrImad bhAgavataH sadA
svarUpam ekam evAsti saccidAnanda lakSanaM

"The nature of the Srimad Bhagavatam and the Personality of Godhead is always the same - full knowledge, bliss, and eternal existence." And the Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda (198.30, not in MUM e-edition) says: zrImad bhAgavatAkhyo 'yaM pratyakSaH kRSNa eva hi, "Without any doubt, Srimad Bhagavatam is directly Lord Krsna."

zatazo 'tha sahasraiz ca kim anyaiH zAstra-saMgrahaiH
na yasya tiSThate gehe zAstraM bhAgavataM kalau
kathaM sa vaiSNavo jJeyaH sastram bhAgavataM kalau
gRhe na tiSThate yasya sa vipraH zvapacAdhamaH
yatra yatra bhaved vipra zAstraM bhAgavataM kalau
tatra tatra harir yAti tridaSaiH saha nArada
yaH paThet prAyato nityaM zlokaM bhAgavataM mune
aSTAdaSa-purANAnaM phalaM prApnoti mAnavaH

Skanda Purana, 2.5.16.29-60:

29. A wise man should perform all the VaiSNava Vratas. He should always listen to the great (holy scripture) ZrImad BhAgavata that is My favourite.

30. The PurANa named ZrImad BhAgavata is renowned throughout the world. The devotee should listen to it with faith. It causes My satisfaction and pleasure.

31. A man who reads the BhAgavata PurANa continuously gets the merit of gifting a tawny-coloured cow for every syllable (so read).

32. He who reads or listens to half or even one-fourth of a verse quoted from Bhagavata everyday, shall obtain the merit of (the gift of) a thousand cows.

33. O son, a man who reads with (mental and physical) purity a verse from BhAgavata every day, attains the merit of (reading) all the eighteen PurANas.

34. VaiSNavas stay there where My story is continuously (told). Those men are unaffected by Kali, who always honour My (favourite PurANa).

35. Those men who honour in their abode the scriptures of VaiSNavas2 become rid of all their sins and they are saluted by Suras.

36. If people always honour the scripture BhAgavata in their houses in the Kali Age, if they clap their hands (in praise thereof) and if they shout in joy, I become delighted with them.

37. The Manes drink milk, ghee, honey and water for as many days, o son, as their descendants keep the BhAgavata text in their abodes.

38. Those who devoutly present the BhAgavata scripture to a VaiSNava, reside in My world for thousands and crores of Kalpas.

39. Devas are propitiated till the universal annihilation of all living beings by the men who honour the BhAgavata scripture in their abodes always.

40. If one has in one's abode half of a verse or even one-fourth of it from the excellent BhAgavata, of what use are the collection of hundreds and thousands of other scriptural texts?

41. If, in Kali Age, anyone has no BhAgavata text in his abode, he will never return from the noose of Yama.

1. The importance of listening to or reading ZrImad BhAgavata is shown in vv 29-34 and in vv 47ff.
2. VV 35-46 describe the efficacy of the BhAgavata if one copy of it is kept in the house.

42. If there is no BhAgavata text in anyone's house in Kali Age, how can he be known as a VaiSNava? He is worse than a CANDAla.

43. O Lord of the worlds, scriptural texts must be collected even at the cost of all that one possesses. For the sake of propitiating me, o my son, a VaiSNava must do so always.

44. Wherever there is BhAgavata, the holy scripture, in Kali Age, I always stay there along with Devas.

45. All the Tirthas, (West-flowing and East-flowing) rivers and lakes, YajJas, the seven cities and all the meritorious mountains are present there.

46. O Lord of the worlds, My scripture should be listened to by one who seeks fame, virtue and victory, for the sake of dispelling sins and by the pious-minded one for the sake of salvation.

47. ZrImad BhAgavata is meritorious. It yields longevity, health and nourishment. By reading or listening to it, one is liberated from all sins.

48. If people do not listen to the great (scripture) ZrImad BhAgavata, o Lord of the worlds, their perpetual master is Yama. It is indeed the truth, the truth (positively).

49. If a man does not go to listen to BhAgavata, O son, particularly on the EkAdazI day, there is no greater sinner than he.

50. I stay in that house where a verse from BhAgavata, or half of it or even a quarter of it is kept written.

51. Approaching all the hermitages and taking a holy plunge in all the rivers is not as sanctifying unto men as ZrImad BhAgavata.

52. Wherever there is ZrImad BhAgavata, o Four-faced One, I go to that place like a cow fond of her calf.

53. I never abandon that man who is a reader and expounder of My stories, who is always engaged in listening to My stories and who is delighted in his mind (on hearing) My stories.

54. If a man does not stand up on seeing ZrImad BhAgavata, the meritorious scripture, o son, his merit for the whole year perishes.

55. If a man honours ZrImad BhAgavata on seeing it by standing up and bowing down to it, by seeing him I derive matchless pleasure.

56. If on seeing BhAgavata from a distance a person (gladly) proceeds towards it, he shall undoubtedly attain the merit of a horse-sacrifice for every such step.

57. If a man gets up and bows down to ZrImad BhAgavata, ? grant to him wealth, sons, wives and devotion.

58. If men devoutly listen to ZrImad BhAgavata offering royal reception and reverence to it, I am won over by them (easily).

59. O righteous one, men who listen devoutly to the great ZrImad BhAgavata during all My festivals give Me great delight.

60. I am won over by them through clothes, ornaments, flowers, incense, lamps and presents like a good husband by a good wife.

Quote from Garuda Purana in Hari-bhakti-vilasa 10.394-395, also quoted in CC 2.25.143-144:

artho 'yaM brahma sUtrANAM bhAratArtha-viNirnayaH
gAyatrI bhASya rUpo 'sau vedArtha paribRMhitaH
purANanAM sAmA rUpaH sAkSAd bhagavatoditaH
dvAdaza skandha yukto 'yaM zata viccheda samyutaH
grantho 'STAdaza sAhasraH zrImad bhAgavAtabhidhaH

"The Srimad Bhagavatam is the explanation of the Vedanta Sutra. It is the complete settlement of the Mahabharata. It is the complete commentary on the Gayatri mantra. It strengthens the explanation of the Vedas and is the topmost Purana, written by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It has twelve cantos, one hundred sections and eighteen thousand slokas."

Although this verse isn't found in extant editions, there are similar ones:

granthASTAdaza-sAhasraM dvAdaza-skandha-sammitam
zuka-proktaM bhAgavataM zrutvA nirvANatAM vrajet 28
purA bhagavatA proktaM kRSNena brahmaNe mune
purANa-sAraM zuddhaM tat tena bhAgavataM viduH 29

If one hears Bhagavata grantha of 18,000 verses in twelve skandhas (cantos) spoken by Suka, one gets moksa.
O Muni! In olden days Bhagavan Krsna spoke to Brahma the most pure essence of Puranas; thus its name is known as Bhagavata. (Narada Pancaratra 2.7.28-29)

pAdau yadIyau prathama dvitIyau tRtIyaturyau kathitau yaduru nAbhis tathA paJcama eva SaSTho bhujAntaram dor yugalaM yathanyau mukhAravindam dazamaM praphullam ekAdazau yasya lalAtha paThakam ziro 'pi yad dvAdaza eva bati tam Adidevam karuNa nidhAnam tamAla varNam suhitAvatAram apara saMsAra samudra setum bhajamehe bhAgavata svarUpam

"I worship Him, the Original Lord, the reservoir of mercy, who is of the color of a tamala tree, who has descended to benefit all (suhitavataram). He is the Personality of the Bhagavatam, a bridge to cross over the ocean of the endless material existence. The First and Second Cantos are His two feet (padau); the Third and Fourth are said to be His thighs (uru); the Fifth Canto is His navel (nabhih); the Sixth Canto is His chest (bhujantaram); the other two [Seventh and Eighth] Cantos are His two arms (dor-yugalam); O King, the Ninth Canto is His neck (kanthah); the Tenth C anto is His blossomed lotus face (mukharavindam praphullam); the Eleventh Canto is His forehead (lalata-pattakam); and the Twelfth Canto shines as His crown (sirah)." (Padma Purana)

zazvad azuciH pApiSTho nindAH kRtvA hasaty api
bhagavantaM bhAgavatam AtmAnaM naiva manyate

Always impure sinful man who offends Sri Krsna and laughs at Him, does not know anything of Bhagavan, the Bhagavata Purana and his own self. (NArada PaJcarAtra 2.2.14)

Supremacy of SB is established in SB itself (1.1.2-3, 12.13.15-16). An analogy about supremacy of SB: Vedas teach as a king (by orders), Puranas as a friend (by promises and blessings), Vedic poetry sweetly as a lover but SB contains all three aspects: all Vedic laws and principles, gives blessings and is poetic.

Srila Prabhupada instructs in SB 2.2.12 p. that those who still have sexual desires should hold lectures only from 1. and 2. Canto. This refers to criticism of professional reciters who hold so-called Bhagavata saptahas (seven-day recitation) for material profit, focusing only on Krsna's rasa-lila pastimes in Tenth Canto to indulge their paying audience.

Enumeration of the subjects in the Srimad Bhagavatam (SB 2.10.1)

These ten characteristics are found in a Maha Purana but a Purana has only five characteristics (Amarakosa dictionary):

sargaz ca pratisargaz ca vaMza manvantarAni ca
vamzAnucaritam cApi purANAm paJca lakSanam

Sarga, or creation; pratisarga, or dissolution; vamsa, or the genealogies of kings or sages; manvantaras, a duration of a reign of a Manu; vamsanucarita, the description of various sages, kings, and incarnations.

These five include the ten characteristics of a Maha Purana, but in a Purana more stress is laid on these five topics and this gives the distinction between a Purana and a Maha Purana. How the ten characteristics of a Maha Purana is included in the five found in a lesser Purana is as follows:

The Srimad Bhagavatam is in twelve cantos, but the list of the characteristics of a Maha-Purana are in the Second Canto. Some scholars conclude therefore that these ten topics are explained successively in each canto from the Third Canto onwards. Srila Jiva Gosvami has complete disregard for such an explanation. If a Maha Purana has ten characteristics and if the first two cantos of Bhagavatam had none of these, then the Bhagavatam proper would have ten cantos. Analysis shows, however, that the First and Second Cantos discuss sarga, visarga, and raksa.

In Sarvasamvadini Srila Jiva Gosvami gives the following breakdown of the topics covered in each canto:

The ultimate purpose of the Srimad Bhagavatam is to explain the tenth item, Asraya, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Digests: Shri Rupa and Shri Sanatana Gosvamis wrote Laghu and Brihad Bhagavatamrta, nectar of Srimad Bhagavatam. A short digest of these two works is Shri Bhagavatamrita Kanika by Shri Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura.

Related:
Structure of SB
Srimad Bhagavatam summary from Narada Purana - enumeration of dasa laksana (sanskrit)
More on ten subjects of SB

Dating Srimad Bhagavatam

Horacio Francisco Arganis Juarez. Graduate in Linguistics and Literature at U A de C and M.A. in Gaudiya Vaisnava philosophy and Theology in IBCH. Reseacher Professor in Saltillo, Coahuila, Northeast of Mexico.

"The exact date of the Bhagavata Purana has not been established yet... neither would I insist on of text having originated in the South." (J.A.B. van Buitenen, ''On the Archaism of the Bhagavata Purana'', (1966) in ''Krishna, Myths, Rites and Attitudes'', ed. Milton Singer. Honolulu East-West Center, p. 225-226)

13th century CE as a date for Srimad Bhagavatam was accepted by scholars until the half of 20th century. Nevertheless, the work Tahqiq-i-Hind by Alberuni, a Muslim who made a study of the India in the 10th century CE, mentions Bhagavata Purana.

Nowadays the date 9th century CE predominates. The critics claim that the Bhagavatam mentions Hunas and thus it had to be written after their invasion to India in 5th century CE. Nevertheless, the Hunas are mentioned also in older texts such as Lalitavistara, a Buddhist work dated to 3rd century CE, and Mahabharata, a recognized archaic work. These evidences indicate that this race was known before the invasion and its mention in the Bhagavatam doesn't suggest any occupation.

Others argue that Bhagavatam was influenced by the philosopher Sankara (commonly accepted: 8th century CE) because of similarity of ideas and of the language. But Gaudapada, teacher of Govinda who was teacher of Sankara, mentions the Bhagavatam in his Uttaragita-bhasya and in his commentary on Sankhya-karika makes reference to other two verses.

There was an attempt to discredit those references under the supposition that it could be another, later author of the same name or that Bhagavatam took the verses from the work of Gaudapada. But one would have to show some historical reference that endorses that another author existed with such a name and he wrote these works. Nevertheless, the studies of experts like M. T. Sahasrabuddha tend to verify that those texts are of Gaudapada and that Sankya-karika-vritti and Uttara-gita don't only mention verses but the latter mentions directly the Bhagavata Purana.

This was corroborated in another, independent work known as Nandi-sutra, a core text of the Jaina school, which gives a list of writings prohibited by their academy. It mentions directly Mahabharata, Ramayana, Purana-Bhagavatam, Mathara-vritti, Sankhya-karika, etc. This treaty was dated to 4th century CE under the notion that Vallabhi, its compiler, lived 980 years after Jain Mahavira (commonly accepted: 6th century BCE).

The source of inspiration of the Vritti of Gaudapada was Mathara-vritti which contains the same two verses of the Bhagavatam. Sushila S. Desai disagrees, leaning on Belvekar who appeals to an argument of textual criticism which presupposes a contamination and alteration of the manuscripts. She even insists that in the Mathara-vritti translated into Chinese by Buddhist monk Paramartha in 5th century CE the texts of the Bhagavata contained in the commentary of Gaudapada don't appear. But it requires a series of specimens of the manuscripts, which the philologists like Alberto Blecua call the Collatio Codicum, to show that there are no such verses. It only indicates that in the manuscript that Paramartha used they could have been missing, or, as he belongs to a school opposing the Bhagavata school, he could have removed them since one of these texts (1.6.35) indicates fundamental points of the Bhagavata doctrine.

Bhagavatam rejects the monist theory of the unity of souls and God, as well as the conception that God is ultimately impersonal and amorphous - this is the core of Sankara's philosophy but Sankara quoted Bhagavatam 12.13.1 in his poem "Meditations on the Gita" (text 9) and makes reference to the Bhagavata school in his Sariraka-bhasya. A. N. Chatterji confirms: "Even Sankara crediting [the doctrine of] 'Advaita Vedanta'... has taken into account the influence of the Bhagavata Purana."

Like other scriptures SB is either manifested or unmanifested (as the Lord is sometimes seemingly born and sometimes He appears independently - Nrsimhadeva etc., similarly, the scriptures seem to be written by somebody because it is the common way of their origin. Actually, they appear in the author's heart and then they are written. They don't contain (and they are not limited by) history of certain yuga or Brahma's day. They are inaccessible to fools and rascals just as Krsna Himself.

Discoveries by Prasada Gokhale suggest that Sankara lived in the 6th century BCE and Mahavira least in the 1000 BCE. See Buddha

Jan: Two subsequent texts (2.17-18) of Canakya's Nitisastra (3rd century BCE/mainstream academic date or 16th century BCE/Puranic date) paraphrase two subsequent verses of SB (10.47.7-8).

Related:
Antiquity of Bhagavatam (MA thesis by Horacio Francisco Arganis Juarez - summary)
When was Bhagavatam written by Vyasadeva?
Was the Bhagavatam Composed by Vopadeva, and not Vyasadeva?

Srimad Bhagavatam verses pertaining to Vedanta-sutras

V.s.  /  S.B.

Chapter 1

Pada I
1.1.1.  /  1.2.7-11, 1.1.1
1.1.2.  /  1.1.1
1.1.3.  /  10.16.44
1.1.4.  /  1.1.1
1.1.5.  /  1.1.1
1.1.6.  /  1.2.11
1.1.7.  /  10.88.5
1.1.8.  /  1.2.23, 1.2.25, 1.1.16
1.1.9.  /  1.2.30-34
1.1.10.  /  1.2.28-29
1.1.11.  /  10.87.1-2
1.1.12.  /  10.87.17
1.1.13.  /  10.14.23
1.1.14.  /  10.14.37
1.1.15.  /  10.28.15
1.1.16.  /  1.1.1, 9.4.66
1.1.17.  /  11.11.5, 11.11.6, 2.1.39
1.1.18.  /  1.2.30-31
1.1.19.  /  10.87.35
1.1.20.  /  5.7.13, 5.7.14
1.1.21.  /  5.7.14
1.1.22.  /  10.4.1-2
1.1.23.  /  8.5.37
1.1.24.  /  8.5.36
1.1.25.  /  1.1.1
1.1.26.  /  3.12.44, 3.12.45
1.1.27.  /  2.6.19-20
1.1.28.  /  4.9.6-7, 12.13.19
1.1.29.  /  5.19.26-27
1.1.30.  /  4.7.43, 10.30.22
1.1.31.  /  11.12.20

Pada II
1.2.1.  /  1.9.35, 1.2.11, 1.7.4-5, 2.10.15-16, 11.12.17
1.2.2.  /  5.19.4
1.2.3.  /  6.16.46
1.2.4.  /  6.16.48, 6.16.63
1.2.5.  /  3.8.12, 8.5.27
1.2.6.  /  7.5.14
1.2.7.  /  8.6.8, 8.6.10
1.2.8.  /  8.5.29
1.2.9.  /  12.11.24
1.2.10.  /  8.6.8, 6.9.34
1.2.11.  /  8.5.26,27
1.2.12.  /  8.5.29
1.2.13.  /  8.5.36
1.2.14.-1.2.15  /  2.10.8, 6.9.39, 11.3.4
1.2.16.  /  2.10.8
1.2.17.  /  11.16.36
1.2.18.  /  11.22.30-32
1.2.19.  /  8.1.9, 8.1.11
1.2.20.  /  8.1.16
1.2.21.  /  8.3.3, 8.3.9, 8.3.10
1.2.22.  /  8.3.26, 8.3.27
1.2.23.  /  1.3.3, 1.3.4
1.2.24.  /  11.11.3
1.2.25.  /  2.2.24, 2.3.35
1.2.26.  /  5.19.25, 11.16.38
1.2.27.  /  11.16.36, 2.6.13-16
1.2.28.  /  2.1.39
1.2.29.  /  2.5.6
1.2.30.  /  3.8.11
1.2.31  /  2.2.8
1.2.32  /  3.9.3
1.2.33  /  3.33.8

Pada III
1.3.1.  /  6.16.35-36
1.3.2.  /  6.16.40
1.3.3.  /  6.16.51
1.3.4.  /  6.16.52
1.3.5.  /  6.16.57, 1.1.58
1.3.6.  /  6.16.22
1.3.7.  /  11.11.6
1.3.8.  /  10.87.28
1.3.9.  /  12.13.19
1.3.10.  /  8.3.21, 7.12.30-31
1.3.11.  /  10.87.28
1.3.12.  /  10.87.28
1.3.13.  /  10.63.34
1.3.14.  /  10.87.18
1.3.15.  /  10.87.20
1.3.16.  /  9.19.29
1.3.17.  /  5.18.13
1.3.18.  /  10.87.38
1.3.19.  /  2.4.14, 2.5.15
1.3.20.  /  2.5.21
1.3.21.  /  2.5.16
1.3.22.  /  11.12.12
1.3.23.  /  11.29.44
1.3.24.  /  1.12.8
1.3.25.  /  4.9.2, 4.9.42
1.3.26.  /  4.8.20, 4.8.22
1.3.27.  /  7.8.42, 10.14.33
1.3.28.  /  2.10.36, 2.5.16, 2.10.37
1.3.29.  /  8.7.25-26, 8.7.29
1.3.30.  /  2.9.38, 2.6.39
1.3.31.  /  11.6.33
1.3.32.  /  10.14.23, 10.63.34
1.3.33.  /  10.63.43,44
1.3.34.  /  1.4.25
1.3.35.  /  4.16.16-18
1.3.36.  /  7.11.14-15, 7.11.21-24
1.3.37.  /  1.4.25
1.3.38.  /  3.6.29-33
1.3.39.  /  6.10.13, 6.12.3, 6.8.32, 6.12.10, 6.12.8
1.3.40.  /  6.11.20, 10.3.24
1.3.41.  /  6.16.21,23
1.3.42.  /  11.3.39,40
1.3.43.  /  7.3.29,31

Pada IV
1.4.1.  /  7.15.41,42,45
1.4.2.  /  1.3.32
1.4.3.  /  1.10.22
1.4.4.  /  3.26.10
1.4.5.  /  5.11.13,14
1.4.6.  /  7.6.20,21,24-26
1.4.7.  /  11.3.37
1.4.8.  /  3.26.3-5
1.4.9.  /  3.26.3,4; 3.26.19
1.4.10.  /  3.26.20
1.4.11  /  11.22.2-3,4; 3.26.12, 3.16.16, 3.26.14-15
1.4.12.  /  8.1.11
1.4.13.  /  8.5.3,5
1.4.14.  /  4.24.60
1.4.15.  /  4.24.63,64
1.4.16.  /  4.24.60
1.4.17.  /  1.4.28, 10.87.50
1.4.18.  /  7.3.31
1.4.19.  /  7.3.33,34
1.4.20.  /  10.87.37
1.4.21.  /  11.25.35,36
1.4.22.  /  10.87.31
1.4.23.  /  10.2.28
1.4.24.  /  7.3.26
1.4.25.  /  7.3.34
1.4.26.  /  7.3.33
1.4.27.  /  10.2.26
1.4.28.  /  6.4.28

Chapter 2

Pada I
2.1.1.  /  2.6.42
2.1.2.  /  10.87.25
2.1.3.  /  10.87.25, 1.6.36
2.1.4.  /  6.1.40, 6.1.31
2.1.5.  /  3.28.47
2.1.6.  /  10.87.26
2.1.7.  /  10.2.26
2.1.8.  /  4.7.42
2.1.9.  /  4.7.26
2.1.10.  /  10.87.25
2.1.11.  /  2.6.41, 2.6.42
2.1.12.  /  5.12.9-11
2.1.13.  /  6.16.9-11
2.1.14.  /  6.16.22, 7.3.26
2.1.15.  /  3.21.19, 10.87.15
2.1.16.  /  10.87.26
2.1.17.  /  10.87.29
2.1.18.  /  10.87.37
2.1.19.  /  6.3.12, 10.15.35
2.1.20.  /  10.87.29, 10.46.43
2.1.21.  /  11.4.2-4
2.1.22.  /  11.6.15,17; 11.11.39
2.1.23.  /  10.87.30
2.1.24.  /  10.16.42
2.1.25.  /  10.2.28
2.1.26.  /  6.16.8,9; 6.16.25
2.1.27.  /  3.12.47, 2.5.15, 2.10.36, 6.16.51
2.1.28.  /  4.9.16
2.1.29.  /  6.4.30
2.1.30.  /  3.33.3, 3.2.21, 2.4.10
2.1.31.  /  10.87.28
2.1.32.  /  6.17.22
2.1.33.  /  3.7.2-3, 10.14.21
2.1.34.  /  10.24.13,17
2.1.35.  /  2.5.17,18,20,21
2.1.36.  /  8.4.13, 10.46.32, 11.11.48, 11.14.18
2.1.37.  /  8.17.9, 10.16.33

Pada II
2.2.1.  /  7.3.26, 7.3.27
2.2.2.  /  10.2.28
2.2.3.  /  7.9.30
2.2.4.  /  7.1.6
2.2.5.  /  7.3.27
2.2.6.  /  7.3.29
2.2.7.  /  11.6.16, 7.5.14
2.2.8.  /  11.6.17
2.2.9.  /  1.1.1
2.2.10.  /  7.9.49, 11.11.1
2.2.11.  /  3.11.1,2,41,42; 5.12.9
2.2.12.  /  6.16.26
2.2.13.  /  5.12.9
2.2.14.  /  5.12.10
2.2.15.  /  5.12.8
2.2.16.  /  5.12.9
2.2.17.  /  3.10.12,13
2.2.18.  /  5.12.9, 11.7.47
2.2.19.  /  11.16.36-37
2.2.20.  /  11.16.1
2.2.21.  /  10.87.28
2.2.22.  /  2.5.20,21
2.2.23.  /  10.14.8
2.2.24.  /  7.15.59, 3.26.32, 11.16.36-38
2.2.25.  /  4.9.7
2.2.26.  /  1.1.2
2.2.27.  /  8.12.8
2.2.28.  /  8.12.9
2.2.29.  /  11.13.24
2.2.30.  /  3.27.4
2.2.31.  /  4.29.7,9
2.2.32.  /  1.2.11
2.2.33.  /  6.4.32
2.2.34.  /  5.11.12
2.2.35.  /  11.3.38
2.2.36.  /  6.16.6,9
2.2.37.  /  1.2.28-29
2.2.38.  /  1.2.30
2.2.39.  /  2.6.31
2.2.40.  /  2.6.32
2.2.41.  /  2.6.33
2.2.42.  /  2.6.39
2.2.43.  /  10.87.28
2.2.44.  /  2.6.42
2.2.45.  /  10.87.50

Pada III
2.3.1.  /  11.3.3
2.3.2.  /  2.5.25
2.3.3.  /  11.3.3
2.3.4.  /  11.3.14
2.3.5.  /  1.2.30,31
2.3.6.  /  6.4.30
2.3.7.  /  3.26.35
2.3.8.  /  6.4.47
2.3.9.  /  4.25.63
2.3.10.  /  3.26.41, 4.25.63
2.3.11.  /  3.26.44, 4.25.62
2.3.12.  /  3.26.3, 3.26.4
2.3.13.  /  10.48.18,19
2.3.14.  /  10.70.38
2.3.15.  /  10.86.56, 10.6.8, 10.16.43
2.3.16.  /  6.16.9
2.3.17.  /  6.16.10
2.3.18.  /  6.16.9,6,8
2.3.19.  /  11.22.37
2.3.20.  /  6.16.9
2.3.21.  /  11.16.11
2.3.22.  /  10.87.30
2.3.23.  /  11.11.6, 10.87.28, 1.8.42
2.3.24.  /  12.5.8
2.3.25.  /  10.85.7
2.3.26.  /  6.16.57
2.3.27.  /  11.11.6, 11.23.54
2.3.28.  /  11.11.4
2.3.29.  /  11.22.31
2.3.30.  /  6.11.19
2.3.31.  /  6.16.10
2.3.32.  /  6.16.11
2.3.33.  /  11.13.32
2.3.34.  /  5.5.5, 6.16.24
2.3.35.  /  10.87.31
2.3.36.  /  11.13.27
2.3.37.  /  11.13.33
2.3.38.  /  3.26.8
2.3.39.  /  3.26.5,6,7
2.3.40.  /  11.12.22,23
2.3.41.  /  11.11.4
2.3.42.  /  2.6.19
2.3.43.  /  12.4.32, 11.11.4
2.3.44.  /  1.7.4,5
2.3.45.  /  1.3.28
2.3.46.  /  6.16.57,58
2.3.47.  /  1.7.4-6
2.3.48.  /  6.16.46, 10.70.5
2.3.49.  /  10.6.30
2.3.50.  /  10.24.13
2.3.51.  /  10.23.9

Pada IV
2.4.1.  /  2.10.15
2.4.2.  /  2.10.36
2.4.3.  /  2.10.43,44
2.4.4.  /  1.2.33
2.4.5.  /  3.6.7,8
2.4.6.  /  3.26.12,13
2.4.7.  /  3.26.31,31; 3.28.5,3,8
2.4.8.  /  2.1.2, 2.10.15
2.4.9.  /  2.10.15-17
2.4.10.  /  11.3.39
2.4.11.  /  3.26.31
2.4.12.  /  3.6.7,8
2.4.13.  /  11.28.12,17
2.4.14.  /  4.8.6,7
2.4.15.  /  6.4.25
2.4.16.  /  4.8.6
2.4.17.  /  2.10.16
2.4.18.  /  2.4.18
2.4.19.  /  2.4.19
2.4.20.  /  3.26.19,20
2.4.21.  /  3.26.12
2.4.22.  /  3.26.44, 3.26.48

Chapter 3

Pada I
3.1.1.  /  3.31.44,43
3.1.2.  /  3.26.41, 5.20.23
3.1.3.  /  11.15.24
3.1.4.  /  4.23.13,15
3.1.5.  /  1.15.39
3.1.6.  /  3.32.2,3
3.1.7.  /  4.29.48,31
3.1.8.  /  4.29.27,28
3.1.9.  /  10.11.26
3.1.10.  /  4.29.74,75,78
3.1.11.  /  3.31.32,33
3.1.12.  /  3.31.42,43
3.1.13.  /  3.32.2,3
3.1.14.  /  3.30.33, 3.32.19, 3.32.21
3.1.15.  /  3.30.23
3.1.16.  /  5.26.7
3.1.17.  /  5.26.6
3.1.18.  /  7.15.50-51,54-56
3.1.19.  /  3.30.30,33,34
3.1.20.  /  9.22.3
3.1.21.  /  2.6.15, 2.10.39
3.1.22.  /  3.7.27
3.1.23.  /  3.26.34
3.1.24.  /  11.10.26
3.1.25.  /  3.30.34
3.1.26.  /  11.5.13
3.1.27.  /  3.31.1
3.1.28.  /  3.31.2

Pada II
3.2.1.  /  6.16.55
3.2.2.  /  11.13.32
3.2.3.  /  11.13.33
3.2.4.  /  10.42.30
3.2.5.  /  3.7.12
3.2.6.  /  11.13.32
3.2.7.  /  6.16.55,56
3.2.8.  /  12.4.21
3.2.9.  /  11.13.27,28, 11.3.39
3.2.10  /  6.16.61,62, 3.30.23, 3.31.6
3.2.11.  /  10.33.19,16; 3.32.33
3.2.12.  /  10.69.2
3.2.13.  /  9.18.12
3.2.14.  /  10.27.11
3.2.15.  /  10.3.13, 10.3.25
3.2.16.  /  10.13.54,55; 1.1.1.
3.2.17.  /  10.14.1,2
3.2.18.  /  11.11.6, 6.16.46
3.2.19.  /  11.11.4
3.2.20.  /  3.7.11
3.2.21.  /  3.7.16
3.2.22.  /  8.5.26-27, 10.2.26
3.2.23.  /  8.5.28
3.2.24.  /  3.9.11
3.2.25.  /  3.9.3
3.2.26.  /  3.9.4
3.2.27.  /  3.9.5
3.2.28.  /  4.11.30, 3.2.12
3.2.29.  /  10.3.24
3.2.30.  /  10.3.13
3.2.31.  /  10.27.4,11
3.2.32.  /  10.14.23
3.2.33.  /  10.87.35, 10.47.18
3.2.34.  /  2.6.19
3.2.35.  /  3.24.31, 10.48.20
3.2.36.  /  10.14.2
3.2.37.  /  10.87.15, 2.9.32
3.2.38.  /  10.14.55,56
3.2.39.  /  2.3.10, 2.4.17
3.2.40.  /  8.23.15,29
3.2.41.  /  10.24.14-15
3.2.42.  /  2.6.14, 3.10.12, 10.47.26

Pada III
3.3.1.  /  1.2.28, 11.21.42,43
3.3.2.  /  10.13.54
3.3.3.  /  1.2.28,29
3.3.4.  /  10.78.31
3.3.5.  /  10.87.15
3.3.6.  /  1.2.11, 1.7.7, 10.40.9,10
3.3.7.  /  5.11.13,14
3.3.8.  /  11.3.47,48
3.3.9.  /  1.18.15, 8.23.29
3.3.10.  /  10.14.1, 10.8.13,14
3.3.11.  /  10.69.2
3.3.12.  /  2.1.39, 10.13.54
3.3.13.  /  10.87.17
3.3.14.  /  10.28.15, 5.17.33
3.3.15.  /  3.24.31, 10.40.13
3.3.16.  /  10.14.55
3.3.17.  /  10.40.3, 10.40.12
3.3.18.  /  10.84.23,24
3.3.19.  /  3.6.38, 11.12.8
3.3.20.  /  10.13.54
3.3.21.  /  10.10.34
3.3.22.  /  10.87.28
3.3.23.  /  2.5.1,2,8
3.3.24.  /  7.8.20,8
3.3.25.  /  8.12.4,5
3.3.26.  /  11.10.4, 11.11.32,39
3.3.27.  /  3.9.31,22,41
3.3.28.  /  1.7.4, 11.20.31
3.3.29.  /  1.5.28, 11.12.31, 11.2.46
3.3.30.  /  7.1.29,30
3.3.31.  /  10.9.21
3.3.32.  /  12.3.51, 7.5.23,24
3.3.33.  /  5.17.23, 11.29.6
3.3.34.  /  8.3.24,26,30
3.3.35.  /  3.29.16, 3.28.22
3.3.36.  /  11.9.21, 11.3.37, 10.70.43, 10.13.54
3.3.37.  /  10.14.22, 10.13.54
3.3.38.  /  10.13.53,54
3.3.39.  /  1.1.1, 3.33.3, 1.16.17, 1.16.30-31, 2.2.26
3.3.40.  /  10.53.37, 10.33.16, 10.33.6, 10.32.14
3.3.41.  /  10.89.37
3.3.42.  /  10.29.13, 10.33.2,19,7
3.3.43.  /  10.2.40, 10.8.13, 10.40.16
3.3.44.  /  11.10.5, 11.12.24, 11.17.27, 11.17.29, 10.87.33
3.3.45.  /  11.3.21,22
3.3.46.  /  7.4.37,38, 10.30.2,14
3.3.47.  /  9.5.63,64; 9.4.68
3.3.48.  /  11.13.34, 11.11.3,4
3.3.49.  /  1.2.21
3.3.50.  /  11.11.4, 10.14.4
3.3.51.  /  5.12.12, 11.12.1,2
3.3.52.  /  3.32.26,32,22
3.3.53.  /  10.2.32
3.3.54.  /  10.2.33, 10.87.39
3.3.55.  /  1.3.10, 10.87.18, 11.11.42
3.3.56.  /  1.2.11, 3.9.11
3.3.37.  /  10.40.5,7,9; 10.22.25
3.3.58.  /  8.3.22, 10.2.36,37
3.3.59.  /  2.10.36, 2.1.39
3.3.60.  /  11.5.20
3.3.61.  /  10.40.7,8
3.3.62.  /  2.3.10
3.3.63.  /  3.28.31
3.3.64.  /  3.28.33
3.3.65.  /  3.28.17,18
3.3.66.  /  10.8.30, 3.28.21
3.3.67.  /  3.28.22
3.3.68.  /  3.28.32

Pada IV
3.4.1.  /  11.20.32,33; 9.4.66
3.4.2.  /  11.18.44, 11.18.45
3.4.3.  /  5.1.23
3.4.4.  /  7.11.7, 11.3.46
3.4.5.  /  11.4.43,44,45
3.4.6.  /  11.3.48, 6.7.32
3.4.7.  /  11.4.45, 11.20.9
3.4.8.  /  1.5.17, 11.20.6-8
3.4.9.  /  2.4.18
3.4.10.  /  11.20.7,8,9
3.4.11.  /  11.20.37, 11.21.1,2
3.4.12.  /  1.2.12, 6.3.32
3.4.13.  /  1.5.33,35
3.4.14.  /  8.1.9,10,14,15
3.4.15.  /  11.21.2, 11.14.19
3.4.16.  /  1.2.19, 11.14.19
3.4.17.  /  11.19.28
3.4.18.  /  11.2.35
3.4.19.  /  11.5.41
3.4.20.  /  11.18.28,36
3.4.21.  /  11.18.29,31
3.4.22.  /  11.18.28,35
3.4.23.  /  1.3.40-41
3.4.24.  /  11.21.43
3.4.25.  /  7.7.51,52
3.4.26.  /  11.19.8
3.4.27.  /  1.5.24, 11.18.17
3.4.28.  /  11.6.46, 11.18.35
3.4.29.  /  11.18.18,19
3.4.30.  /  11.18.34
3.4.31.  /  7.13.38
3.4.32.  /  11.3.44,45
3.4.33.  /  11.18.46,47
3.4.34.  /  11.12.14,15
3.4.35.  /  1.8.36
3.4.36.  /  11.12.1-2
3.4.37.  /  2.2.37, 10.83.3, 5.12.12
3.4.38.  /  1.6.23,24,25
3.4.39.  /  7.13.1, 11.2.40
3.4.40.  /  11.20.34,36,37; 7.15.35
3.4.41.  /  11.14.14,27
3.4.42.  /  3.24.34,37
3.4.43.  /  11.2.55, 11.14.16
3.4.44.  /  3.25.38-40
3.4.45.  /  5.24.21
3.4.46.  /  11.14.16, 55
3.4.47.  /  11.13.40, 11.10.5
3.4.48.  /  5.1.17,18; 7.15.67
3.4.49.  /  1.13.26,27
3.4.50.  /  3.32.39,40; 11.29.30, 1.5.24,30; 1.11.24
3.4.51.  /  10.14.8
3.4.52.  /  11.13.24

Chapter 4

Pada I
4.1.1.  /  1.1.3
4.1.2.  /  1.2.22, 1.8.36
4.1.3.  /  10.14.55
4.1.4.  /  11.2.41
4.1.5.  /  1.5.14,11
4.1.6.  /  8.5.34-36
4.1.7.  /  11.14.32, 7.15.31
4.1.8.  /  4.8.45,46
4.1.9.  /  11.14.46
4.1.10.  /  3.28.8
4.1.11.  /  11.13.2,6
4.1.12.  /  1.1.3, 1.7.10, 1.2.22
4.1.13.  /  1.2.21
4.1.14.  /  11.14.19
4.1.15.  /  10.87.40
4.1.16.  /  7.15.38,39; 11.18.8,9
4.1.17.  /  11.14.19, 3.25.33
4.1.18.  /  3.25.27,37
4.1.19.  /  3.25.33,35

Pada II
4.2.1.  /  11.16.42,44
4.2.2.  /  1.15.41
4.2.3.  /  1.15.41
4.2.4.  /  1.15.42
4.2.5.  /  2.9.38, 10.1.39,40
4.2.6.  /  10.2.27
4.2.7.  /  10.87.18
4.2.8.  /  10.14.58, 1.2.15
4.2.9.  /  3.31.43,44
4.2.10.  /  2.8.4,5,6
4.2.11.  /  3.31.44, 3.30.18,20
4.2.12.  /  3.31.44, 3.32.6,7
4.2.13.  /  11.15.23,24
4.2.14.  /  10.87.18
4.2.15.  /  1.15.41,42
4.2.16.  /  12.5.88,11
4.2.17.  /  2.2.24
4.2.18.  /  3.25.9, 8.5.36
4.2.19.  /  11.25.30,32
4.2.20.  /  1.9.29
4.2.21.  /  2.2.15

Pada III
4.3.1.  /  3.32.6,7; 7.15.54
4.3.2.  /  7.15.55
4.3.3.  /  7.15.55
4.3.4.  /  6.1.30, 4.12.19,20
4.3.5.  /  4.12.23,24
4.3.6.  /  6.1.30
4.3.7.  /  8.21.2,3
4.3.8.  /  8.5.18
4.3.9.  /  4.29.29
4.3.10.  /  3.32.8,9
4.3.11.  /  3.32.10
4.3.12.  /  3.32.11, 3.32.29,31
4.3.13.  /  10.87.18
4.3.14.  /  3.33.3
4.3.15.  /  3.33.7,8
4.3.16.  /  8.3.31, 8.4.6

Pada IV
4.4.1.  /  1.3.34,33; 10.87.38
4.4.2.  /  1.3.39
4.4.3.  /  7.13.44, 6.16.9
4.4.4.  /  10.87.31
4.4.5.  /  4.12.23, 4.7.31, 4.3.11
4.4.6.  /  7.2.22,24,46,47
4.4.7.  /  5.12.1
4.4.8.  /  2.2.22, 3.25.37, 3.23.42,46
4.4.9.  /  11.5.41,42
4.4.10.  /  7.1.34
4.4.11.  /  3.15.14,15
4.4.12.  /  3.15.12-16
4.4.13.  /  3.25.34
4.4.14.  /  3.25.25,36
4.4.15.  /  3.25.37, 1.1.1, 10.87.24
4.4.16.  /  2.2.30, 11.28.31
4.4.17.  /  1.1.1
4.4.18.  /  10.87.28
4.4.19.  /  2.5.11,12,13
4.4.20.  /  1.1.3, 10.2.32
4.4.21.  /  8.12.10,11; 3.25.37
4.4.22.  /  9.4.68,65

Commentaries on SB

1. Sridhara Svami (1300-1350 AD) - Bhavartha-dipika

The oldest and most influential commentary available today, though he himself refers to an earlier commentary by Citsukhacarya. He was a Nrsimha upasaka and advaitin. He also wrote commentaries on Visnu Purana and BG. His philosophical leanings haven't prevented acaryas of other schools from praising his commentary. In fact excepting where they differ, most of them have simply repeated his words. Sri Caitanya had great regard for him. It is narrated by Sri Nabhadas in his Bhaktamal, that Sridhara wrote the commentary at the command of his guru Paramananda at Kasi, and as a test it was placed before Lord Bindu Madhava with other books, and after a 'prahara' the curtain was removed to find Sridhara's work right on top of the other works. Lord Bindu Madhava at that time spoke this verse: ahaM vedmi zuko vetti vyAso (or: rajo) vetti na vetti vA/ zrIdharah sakalaM vetti zrInRsiMha-prasAdatah// - I know (the meaning of the scripture), Suka also knows, Vyasa (or: Raja Pariksit) may or may not know, but Sridhara knows all by the grace of Sri Nrsimha.

2. Sudarsana Suri - Suka-paksiyam (visistadvaita)

This is a short commentary by Sri Sruta-prakasikacarya. It was later elaborated by

3. Viraraghava (14 cent.) - Bhagavata-Candrika

He was the son of Srisailaguru of Srivatsa gotra. This is a very detailed commentary where every single word of the original text is explained.

4. Vijayadhvaja - Pada-Ratnavali (dvaita)

The founder of Dvaita school Sri Ananda Tirtha has written a work called Bhagavata-tatparya-nirNaya which is not a regular commentary. Hence his follower Vijayadhvaja wrote a full commentary in which he has acknowledged his debt to the works of Sri Ananda Tirtha and another acarya Vijaya Tirtha (whose work is not extant). The text is conspicuous for its substantial additions, as well as variant readings.

5. Vallabhacarya - Subodhini

Sri Vallabha belongs to the Suddhadvaita school. His commentary, excepting touching upon a few earlier skandhas, is almost totally on the Dasama skandha. The commentary is simple and totally devotional. Another acarya of this school Giridhar Maharaj has also written a commentary which goes much deeper and elaborates and supplements the earlier book.

6. Sukadevacarya - Siddhanta-pradipa (Nimbarka)

His commentary is comprehensive, while others of the school have written commentaries on specific sections like Rasa-lila.

The oldest exegetical commentary presently known is Tantra-Bhagavata from the pancaratra school. From the modern age there is Sridhara Swami's Bhavartha-dipika written in 11th century CE, then later, Madhvacharya c 13th century CE wrote the Bhagavata Tatparya Nirnaya. Other commentaries are: Hanumad-Bhasya, Vasana-bhasya, Sambandhokti, Vidvat-kamadhenu, Tattva-dipika, Paramahamsa-priya, Suka-hridaya. Vopadeva wrote the Mukta-phala and the Hari-lilamrita. Vijayadhvaja composed the Pada-ratnavali. Viraraghava also edited the Bhagavata-Candrika from Ramanuja's school. Other works are the Suvodhini by Vallabha and Bhakti-ratnavali by Visnupuri. Among the Gaudiya Vaishnava commentaries there are Jiva Gosvami's Krama-sandarbha 16th century CE, the Sarartha Darsini by Vishvanatha Chakravarti 17th century, the Dipikadipani by Radharamana, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's Gaudiya-bhasya 20th century.

The most cited verses from SB by Srila Prabhupada (156 verses), compiled by Dravida das ACBSP

Canto 1. (53 verses)
chapter.verse
1.1-3,10,14,22
2.4-22
3.28,40,43
5.10-12,17,18,20,22
7.4-7,10
8.18-20,25,26,35,36,42,43
10.4
13.10,47
18.13

2. (19)
1.1-6,8,11
2.37
3.10,17,18
4.18,20
9.33-36
10.6

3. (8)
2.12
15.43
25.21,25
29.13
31.1
33.6,7

4. (4)
3.31
22.29
29.19
31.14

5. (9)
5.1,2,4,5,8,18
12.12
18.12
19.27

6. (10)
1.10,13
2.18
3.19-22,32
14.5
17.26

7. (17)
1.30
5.5,23,24,30-32
6.1
9.10,19,29,43-45
11.25
12.1,9

9. (6)
4.18-20,63,68
19.17

10. (14)
1.4
2.32
9.21
12.11
14.3,4,8,29,38,58
22.35
33.29
84.13
88.8

11. (11)
2.40,42,46,47
3.21
5.32,34,41
9.29
14.20
17.27

12. (5)
3.16,51,52
13.1,18

Related:
BBT edition of Srimad Bhagavatam
GRETIL etext: The transliterated Sanskrit text for the entire work
Anand Aadhar version
Srimad Bhagavatam audio narration
When was Bhagavatam written by Vyasadeva?
The position of SB (from Tattva sandarbha)
Srimad Bhagavatam family tree
Srimad Bhagavatam phala srutis
Vyasa may or may not know
Studying Srimad Bhagavatam from Vedanta-sutra (Suhotra dasa
Srimad Bhagavatam reading plan for two months, as recommended in Skanda Purana 2.6.3.36 and 2.6.4.26
Searchable transliterated PDF file of the entire Bhagavata-Purana

Srimad BhAgavatam: Commentaries (Vaishnava)
Srimad Bhagavatam summary from Narada Purana - enumeration of dasa laksana (sa), Srimad-Bhagavata Mahatmyas from Padma and Skanda Puranas (sa, en, cz)
Sridhara Swami bibliography
derived works:
The Translation of Sankaradeva's Gunamala - the 'pocket-Bhagavata'
Translation of Sankaradeva's Veda-Stuti (The Prayer of the Vedas), Bhagavata, Book X, from Sankaradeva's Kirttana Ghosa, the 'Bhagavata in miniature'.

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