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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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को नाम लोके पुरुषार्थसारवित्पुराकथानां भगवत्कथासुधाम् आपीय कर्णाञ्जलिभिर्भवापहामहो विरज्येत विना नरेतरम्
ko nāma loke puruṣārtha-sāravit purā-kathānāṁ bhagavat-kathā-sudhām āpīya karṇāñjalibhir bhavāpahām aho virajyeta vinā naretaram
WORD BY WORD
kaḥ who; nāma indeed; loke in the world; puruṣa-artha goal of life; sāra-vit one who knows the essence of; purā-kathānām of all past histories; bhagavat regarding the Personality of Godhead; kathā-sudhām the nectar of the narrations about the Personality of Godhead; āpīya by drinking; karṇa-añjalibhiḥ by aural reception; bhava-apahām that which kills all material pangs; aho alas; virajyeta could refuse; vinā except; nara-itaram other than the human being.;
TRANSLATION
| Who, other than one who is not a human being, can exist in this world and not be interested in the ultimate goal of life? Who can refuse the nectar of narrations about the Personality of Godhead’s activities, which by itself can deliver one from all material pangs?
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PURPORT
| The narration of the activities of the Personality of Godhead is like a constant flow of nectar. No one can refuse to drink such nectar except one who is not a human being. Devotional service to the Lord is the highest goal of life for every human being, and such devotional service begins by hearing about the transcendental activities of the Personality of Godhead. Only an animal, or a man who is almost an animal in behavior, can refuse to take an interest in hearing the transcendental message of the Lord. There are many books of stories and histories in the world, but except for the histories or narrations on the topics of the Personality of Godhead, none are capable of diminishing the burden of material pangs. Therefore one who is serious about eliminating material existence must chant and hear of the transcendental activities of the Personality of Godhead. Otherwise one must be compared to the nonhumans.
| | Thus end the purports by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda of the Third Canto, Thirteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Appearance of Lord Varāha.”
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