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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 12]
TEXT 44
मैत्रेय उवाच
एतत्तेऽभिहितं सर्वं यत्पृष्टोऽहमिह त्वया । 
  ध्रुवस्योद्दामयशसश्चरितं सम्मतं सताम् ॥४४॥
maitreya uvāca 
  etat te 'bhihitam sarvam 
  yat pṛṣṭo 'ham iha tvayā 
  dhruvasyoddāma-yaśasaś 
  caritam sammatam satām
maitreyaḥ uvāca —the great sage Maitreya said;  etat —this;  te —unto you;  abhihitam —described;  sarvam —everything;  yat —what;  pṛṣṭaḥ aham —I was asked;  iha —here;  tvayā —by you;  dhruvasya —of Dhruva Mahārāja;  uddāma —greatly uplifting;  yaśasaḥ —whose reputation;  caritam —character;  sammatam —approved;  satām —by great devotees.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, whatever you have asked from me about the great reputation and character of Dhruva Mahārāja I have explained to you in all detail. Great saintly persons and devotees very much like to hear about Dhruva Mahārāja.
PURPORT
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  means everything in relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whether we hear the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Lord or we hear about the character, reputation and activities of His devotees, they are all one and the same. Neophyte devotees simply try to understand the pastimes of the Lord and are not very interested to hear about the activities of His devotees, but such discrimination should not be indulged in by any real devotee. Sometimes less intelligent men try to hear about the  rāsa  dance of Kṛṣṇa and do not take care to hear about other portions of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , which they completely avoid. There are professional  Bhāgavata  reciters who abruptly go to the  rāsa-līlā  chapters of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  as if other portions of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  were useless. This kind of discrimination and abrupt adoption of the  rāsa-līlā  pastimes of the Lord is not approved by the  ācāryas . A sincere devotee should read every chapter and every word of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , for the beginning verses describe that it is the ripened fruit of all Vedic literature. Devotees should not try to avoid even a word of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . The great sage