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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 5]
body. But due to being contaminated, those in mundane goodness cannot understand the real nature of the self as a person. Their impersonal conception of the self as distinct from the body keeps them in the mode of goodness within material nature, and unless they are attracted by  Kṛṣṇa-kathā , they will never be liberated from the bondage of material existence.  Kṛṣṇa-kathā  is the only remedy for all people of the world because it can situate one in pure consciousness of the self and liberate one from material bondage. To preach  Kṛṣṇa-kathā  all over the world, as recommended by Lord Caitanya, is the greatest missionary activity, and all sensible men and women of the world may join in this great movement started by Lord Caitanya.
TEXT 12
मुनिर्विवक्षुर्भगवद्गुणानां
सखापि ते भारतमाह कृष्णः ।
यस्मिन्नृणां ग्राम्यसुखानुवादै-
मेतिर्गृहीता नु हरेः कथायाम् ॥१२॥
munir vivakṣur bhagavad-guṇānām sakhāpi te bhāratam āha kṛṣṇaḥ yasmin nṛṇām grāmya-sukhānuvādair matir gṛhītā nu hareḥ kathāyām
muniḥ—the sage; vivakṣuḥ—described; bhagavat—of the Personality of Godhead; guṇānām—transcendental qualities; sakhā—friend; api—also; te—your; bhāratam—the Mahābhārata; āha—has described; kṛṣṇaḥ—Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa; yasmin—in which; nṛṇām—of the people; grāmya—worldly; sukhā-anuvādaiḥ—pleasure derived from mundane topics; matiḥ—attention; gṛhītā nu—just to draw towards; hareḥ—of the Lord; kathāyām—speeches of (Bhagavad-gītā).
TRANSLATION
Your friend the great sage  Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa  has already described the transcendental qualities of the Lord in his great work, the Mahābhārata. But the whole idea is to draw the attention of the mass of people to  Kṛṣṇa-kathā  [Bhagavad-gītā] through their strong affinity for hearing mundane topics.