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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 1]
PURPORT
For the creation, maintenance, and destruction of the material worlds, the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead Himself appears in many thousands of forms of incarnations, and the specific adventures found in those transcendental forms are all auspicious. Both those who are present during such activities and those who hear the transcendental narrations of such activities are benefited.
TEXT 19
वयं तु न वितृप्याम उत्तमश्लोकविक्रमे । यच्छृण्वतां रसज्ञानां स्वादु स्वादु पदे पदे ॥१९॥
vayam tu na vitṛpyāma uttama-śloka-vikrame yac chṛṇvatām rasa-jñānām svādu svādu pade pade.
vayam—we; tu—but; na—not; vitṛpyāma—shall be at rest; uttama-śloka—the Personality of Godhead who is glorified by transcendental prayers; vikrame—adventures; yat—which; śṛṇvatām—by continuous hearing; rasa—humor; jñānām—those who are conversant with; svādu—relishing; svādu—palatable; pade pade—in every step.
TRANSLATION
We never tire of hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Personality of Godhead who is glorified by hymns and prayers. Those who enjoy association with Him relish hearing of His pastimes at very moment.
PURPORT
There is a great difference between mundane stories, fiction, or history and the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. The histories of the whole universe contain references to the pastimes of the incarnations of the Lord. The  Rāmāyaṇa ,  Mahābhārata , and the  Purāṇas  are histories of bygone ages recorded in connection with the pastimes of the incarnations of the Lord