Text 4 | Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja
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TEXT 3
मन्ये महाभागवतं नारदं देवदर्शनम् । येन प्रोक्तः क्रियायोगः परिचर्याविधिहरेः ॥ ३ ॥
manye mahā-bhāgavatam nāradam deva-darśanam yena proktaḥ kriyā-yogaḥ paricaryā vidhir hareḥ
manye—I think; mahā-bhāgavatam—greatest of all devotees; nāradam—the sage Nārada; deva—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; darśanam—who met; yena—by whom; proktaḥ—spoken; kriyā-yogaḥ—devotional service; paricaryā—for rendering service; vidhiḥ—the procedure; hareḥ—to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Vidura continued: I know that the great sage Nārada is the greatest of all devotees. He has compiled the pāñcarātrika procedure of devotional service and has directly met the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
There are two different ways of approaching the Supreme Lord. One is called  bhāgavata-mārga , or the way of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , and the other is called  pāñcarātrika-vidhi .  Pāñcarātrika-vidhi  is the method of temple worship, and  bhāgavata-vidhi  is the system of nine processes which begin with hearing and chanting. The  Kṛṣṇa  conscious movement accepts both processes simultaneously and thus enables one to make steady progress on the path of realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This  pāñcarātrika  procedure was first introduced by the great sage Nārada, as referred to here by Vidura.
TEXT 4
स्वधर्मशीलैः पुरुषैर्भगवान् यज्ञपूरुषः । इज्यमानो भक्तिमता नारदेनेरितः किल ॥ ४ ॥
sva-dharma-śilaiḥ puruṣair bhagavān yajña-pūruṣaḥ ijyamāno bhaktimatā nāradeneritaḥ kila