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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 5]
TEXT 40
त्वमप्यदभ्रभ्रुत विभ्रुतं विभोः 
  समाप्यते येन विदां बुभुत्सितम् । 
  प्राख्याहि दुःखैर्बुहुरर्दितात्मनां 
  संक्लेशनिर्वाणमुशन्ति नान्यथा ॥४०॥
tvam apy adabhraśruta viśrutam vibhoḥ 
  samāpyate yena vidām bubhutsitam 
  prakhyāhi duḥkhair muhur arditātmanām 
  saṅkleśa-nirvāṇam uśanti nānyathā
tvam—your good soul; api—also; adabhra—vast; śruta—Vedic literatures; viśrutam—have heard also; vibhoḥ—of the Almighty; samāpyate—satisfied; yena—by which; vidām—of the learned; bubhutsitam—who always desire to learn transcendental knowledge; prakhyāhi—describe; duḥkhaiḥ—by miseries; muhuḥ—always; ardita-ātmanām—suffering mass of people; saṅkleśa—sufferings; nirvāṇam—mitigation; uśanti na—do not get out of; anyathā—by other means.
TRANSLATION
Please, therefore, describe the Almighty Lord's activities which you have learned by your vast knowledge of the Vedas, for that will satisfy the hankerings of great learned men and at the same time mitigate the miseries of the masses of common people who are always suffering from material pangs. Indeed, there is no other way to get out of such miseries.
PURPORT
Śrī Nārada Muni from practical experience definitely asserts that the prime solution of all problems of material work is to broadcast very widely the transcendental glories of the Supreme Lord. There are four classes of good men, and there are four classes of bad men also. The four classes of good men acknowledge the authority of the Almighty God, and therefore such good men when 1) they are in difficulty, 2) when they are in need of money, 3) when they are advanced in knowledge and 4) when they are inquisitive to know more and more about God, intuitively take shelter of the Lord. As such, Nāradajī advises Vyāsadeva to broadcast the transcen-