Text 15] The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction
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words bear the same meaning; that is, Mahārāja Parikṣit was a great devotee of Kṛṣṇa, and Śukadeva Gosvāmī was also a great saintly person and a great devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Combined together to present  kṛṣṇa-kathā , they give great relief to suffering humanity.
anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje lokasyājānato vidvāṁś cakre sātvata-saṁhitām
“The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. But the mass of people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyāsadeva compiled this Vedic literature,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , which is in relation to the Supreme Truth.” ( Bhāg.  1.7.6) People in general are unaware that the message of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  can give all of human society relief from the pangs of Kali-yuga ( kali-kalmaṣa-ghnam ).
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श्रीशुक उवाच
सम्यग्न्यवसिता बुद्धिस्तव राजर्षिसत्तम । वासुदेवकथायां ते यज्ञाता नैष्ठिकी रतिः ॥१५॥
śrī-śuka uvāca samyag vyavasitā buddhis tava rājarṣi-sattama vāsudeva-kathāyāṁ te yaj jātā naiṣṭhikī ratiḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; samyak—completely; vyavasitā—fixed; buddhiḥ—intelligence; tava—of Your Majesty; rājarṣi-sattama—O best of rājarṣis, saintly kings; vāsudeva-kathāyāṁ—in hearing about the topics of Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa; te—your; yat—because; jātā—developed; naiṣṭhikī—without cessation; ratiḥ—attraction or ecstatic devotional service.