“A devotee is called Bhagavata, and the book about Bhagavan, that is also Bhagavata. There are two kinds of Bhagavatam: the living Bhagavatam is the devotee, and the representation Bhagavatam is the Bhagavat-grantha. There is no difference. Absolute means there is no difference. Krsna is absolute; therefore either this grantha Bhagavatam or the devotee Bhagavatam, or Krsna—they’re all one.”
(Srila Prabhupada, (pictured left) 12/1/1973)