In this way, it has been concluded that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is Bhagavān, whereas the Puruṣa, being immanent in all beings, is the Paramātmā. A doubt is now raised in this regard. This single statement establishing Kṛṣṇa as the aṁśī is in contradiction with many other statements confirming Him as an aṁśa. Should it not then be interpreted as guṇānuvāda, or eulogy?

This is answered as follows [by first redefining the question]: Are these statements [that Kṛṣṇa is an aṁśa] taken from Śrīmad Bhāgavata or from some other scripture? If the former, then this third chapter of the First Canto, called Janma-guhyādhyāya, “The Mystery of [Bhagavān’s] Appearances,” is itself the sūtra for all the statements describing the avatāras, because it informs us of them and because all subsequent elaborated descriptions [of the avatāras] made later on in the Bhāgavata are amplifications of this first account alone.