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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 16]
Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā. If the demigods cannot find adequate language to express the glories of the Lord, then what to speak of others? Consequently reciters like the  sūta  and the  māgadha  felt inadequate to speak about King Pṛthu.
By glorifying the Lord with exalted verses, one becomes purified. Although we are unable to offer prayers to the Lord in an adequate fashion, our duty is to make the attempt in order to purify ourselves. It is not that we should stop our glorification because demigods like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva cannot adequately glorify the Lord. Rather, as stated by Prahlāda Mahārāja, everyone should glorify the Lord according to his own ability. If we are serious and sincere devotees, the Lord will give us the intelligence to offer prayers properly.
TEXT 3
अथाप्युदारश्ववसः पृथोर्हरेः 
  कलावतारस्य कथामृतादृताः । 
  यथोपदेशं मुनिभिः प्रचोदिताः 
  श्लाघ्यानि कर्माणि वयं वितन्महि ॥ ३ ॥
athāpy udāra-śravasaḥ pṛthor hareḥ 
  kalāvatārasya kathāmṛtādṛtāḥ 
  yathopadeśam munibhiḥ pracoditāḥ 
  ślāghyāni karmāṇi vayam vitanmahi
athāpi—nevertheless; udāra—liberal; śravasaḥ—whose fame; pṛthoḥ—of King Pṛthu; hareḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; kalā—part of a plenary expansion; avatārasya—incarnation; kathā—words; amṛta—nectarean; ādṛtāḥ—attentive to; yathā—according to; upadeśam—instruction; munibhiḥ—by the great sages; pracoditāḥ—being encouraged; ślāghyāni—laudable; karmāṇi—activities; vayam—we; vitanmahi—shall try to spread.
TRANSLATION
Although we are unable to glorify you adequately, we nonetheless have a transcendental taste to glorify your activities. We shall try to glorify you according to the instructions received from authoritative sages and scholars. Whatever we speak, however, is always inadequate and very insignificant. Dear King, because you are a direct incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all your activities are liberal and ever laudable.