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Questions by King Parīkṣit
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One who takes it as belonging to a particular sect is certainly mistaken.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is certainly a very dear scripture for the devotees of the Lord, but it is auspicious even for the nondevotees also because it explains that even the nondevotees hovering under the spell of material energy can be delivered from such clutches if they hear with devotion and attention the narration of the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  from the right source representing the Lord by disciplic succession.
TEXT 3
कथयस्व महाभाग यथाहमखिलात्मनि । कृष्णे निवेश्य निःसङ्गं मनस्त्यक्षये कलेवरम् ॥ ३ ॥
kathayasva mahābhāga yathāham akhilātmani kṛṣṇe niveśya niḥsaṅgaṁ manas tyakṣye kalevaram
kathayasva —please continue speaking;  mahābhāga —O greatly fortunate one;  yathā —as much as;  aham —I;  akhila-ātmani —unto the Supreme Soul;  kṛṣṇe —unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  niveśya —having placed;  niḥsaṅgaṁ —being freed from material qualities;  manaḥ —mind;  tyakṣye —may relinquish;  kalevaram —body.
TRANSLATION
O greatly fortunate Śukadeva Gosvāmī, please continue narrating  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  so that I can place my mind upon the Supreme Soul, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and, being completely freed from material qualities, thus relinquish this body.
PURPORT
To be fully engaged in hearing the transcendental narration described in the text of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  means to be constantly associated with the Supreme Soul Śrī Kṛṣṇa. And to be constantly associated with the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa means to be liberated from the qualities of matter. Lord Kṛṣṇa is like the sun, and the material contamination is like the darkness. As darkness is dissipated in the presence of the sun, so to be constantly