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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 12 ]
become perfect. It is therefore strictly forbidden to recite  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  as a profession to earn a livelihood. Only one who is completely surrendered at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, depending fully on Him for personal maintenance or even for maintenance of his family, can attain perfection by recitation of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , which is full of narrations of the pastimes of the Lord and His devotees. The process can be summarized as follows: the audience must be faithfully receptive to the  Bhāgavata  message, and the reciter should completely depend on the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Bhāgavata  recitation must not be a business. If done in the right way, not only does the reciter achieve perfect satisfaction, but the Lord also is very satisfied with the reciter and the audience, and thus both are liberated from material bondage simply by the process of hearing.
TEXT 51
ज्ञानमज्ञाततन्वाय यो दद्यत्सत्पथेऽमृतम् । 
    कृपालोर्दीननाथस्य देवास्तस्यानुगृह्णते ॥५१॥
jñānam ajñāta-tattvāya 
    yo dadyāt sat-pathe 'mṛtam 
    kṛpālor dīna-nāthasya 
    devās tasyānugṛhṇate
jñānam—knowledge; ajñāta-tattvāya—to those who are unaware of the truth; yaḥ—one who; dadyāt—imparts; sat-pathe—on the path of truth; amṛtam—immortality; kṛpāloḥ—kind; dīna-nāthasya—protector of the poor; devāḥ—the demigods; tasya—to him; anugṛhṇate—give blessings.
TRANSLATION
The narration of Dhruva Mahārāja is sublime knowledge for the attainment of immortality. Persons who are unaware of the Absolute Truth can be led to the path of truth. Those who out of transcendental kindness take on the responsibility of becoming master protectors of the poor living entities automatically gain the interest and blessings of the demigods.
PURPORT
Jñānam ajñāta  means knowledge which is unknown almost throughout the entire world. No one knows actually what is the Absolute Truth.