Text 9]
How Parīkṣit Received the Age of Kali
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etat —this;  artham —reason;  hi —certainly;  bhagavān —the representative of the Lord;  āhūtaḥ —invited;  parama-ṛṣibhiḥ —by the great sages;  aho —alas;  nṛloke —in human society;  pīyeta —let them drink;  hari-līlā —transcendental pastimes of the Lord;  amṛtam —nectar for eternal life;  vacaḥ —narrations.
TRANSLATION
As long as Yamarāja, who causes everyone's death, is present here, no one shall meet with death. The great sages have invited the controller of death, Yamarāja, who is the representative of the Lord. Living beings who are under his grip should take advantage by hearing the deathless nectar in the form of this narration of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord.
PURPORT
Every human being does not like to meet death, but he does not know how to get rid of death. The surest remedy for avoiding death is to get oneself accustomed to hearing the nectarean pastimes of the Lord as they are systematically narrated in the text of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . It is advised herein, therefore, that any human being who desires freedom from death should take to this course of life as recommended by the  ṛṣis  headed by Śaunaka.
TEXT 9
मन्दस्य मन्दप्रज्ञस्य वयो मन्दायुषश्च वै । निद्रया हियते नक्तं दिवा च व्यर्थकर्मभिः ॥ ९ ॥
mandasya manda-prajñasya vayo mandāyuṣaś ca vai nidrayā hriyate naktam divā ca vyartha-karmabhiḥ
mandasya —of the lazy;  manda —paltry;  prajñasya —of intelligence;  vayaḥ —age;  manda —short;  āyuṣaḥ —of duration of life;  ca —and;  vai —exactly;  nidrayā —by sleeping;  hriyate —passes away;  naktam —night;  divā —daytime;  ca —also;  vyartha —for nothing;  karmabhiḥ —by activities.
TRANSLATION
Lazy human beings with paltry intelligence and a short duration of life pass the night sleeping and the day performing activities that are for naught.