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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 1]
sūtaḥ uvāca —Sūta Gosvāmī said;  evam —thus;  niśamya —hearing;  bhṛgu-nandana —O son of the Bhṛgu dynasty, Śaunaka;  sādhu-vādam —pious questions;  vaiyāsakiḥ —Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva;  saḥ —he;  bhagavān —the most powerful;  atha —thus;  viṣṇu-rātam —unto Parikṣit Mahārāja, who was always protected by Viṣṇu;  pratyarcya —offering him respectful obeisances;  kṛṣṇa-caritam —topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kali-kalmaṣa-ghnam —which diminish the troubles of this age of Kali;  vyāhartum —to describe;  ārabhata —began;  bhāgavata-pradhānaḥ —Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the chief among the pure devotees.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī said: O son of Bhṛgu [Śaunaka Rṣi], after Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the most respectable devotee, the son of Vyāsadeva, heard the pious questions of Mahārāja Parikṣit, he thanked the King with great respect. Then he began to discourse on topics concerning Kṛṣṇa, which are the remedy for all sufferings in this age of Kali.
PURPORT
In this verse the words  kṛṣṇa-caritam kali-kalmaṣa-ghnam  indicate that the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa are certainly the greatest panacea for all miseries, especially in this age of Kali. It is said that in Kali-yuga people have only short lives, and they have no culture of spiritual consciousness. If anyone is at all interested in spiritual culture, he is misled by many bogus  svāmīs  and  yogīs  who do not refer to  kṛṣṇa-kathā . Therefore most people are unfortunate and disturbed by many calamities. Śrīla Vyāsadeva prepared  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  at the request of Nārada Muni in order to give relief to the suffering people of this age ( kali-kalmaṣa-ghnam ). The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is seriously engaged in enlightening people through the pleasing topics of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . All over the world, the message of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and  Bhagavad-gītā  is being accepted in all spheres of life, especially in advanced, educated circles.
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī is described in this verse as  bhāgavata-pradhānaḥ , whereas Mahārāja Parikṣit is described as  viṣṇu-rātam . Both