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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 6]
Kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ.  One should either chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  or read  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and thereby try to understand the characteristics and instructions of the Supreme Lord, who appeared as Lord Rṣabhadeva, Lord Kapila and Lord Kṛṣṇa. In this way one can become fully aware of the transcendental nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā , one who knows the transcendental nature of the Lord's birth and activities attains liberation from material bondage and returns to Godhead.
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यस्यामेव क्वय आत्मानमविरतं विविधवृजिनसंसारपरितापोपतप्यमानमनुसवनं स्नापयन्तस्तयैव परया निर्वृत्या ह्यपवर्गमात्यन्तिकं परमपुरुषार्थमपि स्वय- मासादितं नो एवाद्रियन्ते भगवदीयत्वेनैव परि समाप्तसर्वार्थाः ॥ १७ ॥
yasyām eva kavaya ātmānam aviratam vividha-vṛjina-saṁsāra- paritāpopatapyamānam anusavanam snāpayantas tayaiva parayā nirvṛtyā hy apavargam ātyantikam parama-puruṣārtham api svayam āsāditam no evādriyante bhagavadīyatvenaiva parisamāpta-sarvārthāḥ.
yasyām eva —in which (Kṛṣṇa consciousness or the nectar of devo- tional service);  kavayaḥ —the advancement of learned scholars or philosophers in spiritual life;  ātmānam —the self;  aviratam —con- stantly;  vividha —various;  vṛjina —full of sins;  saṁsāra —in material existence;  paritāpa —from miserable conditions;  upatapyamānam — suffering;  anusavanam —without stopping;  snāpayantaḥ —bathing;  tayā —by that;  eva —certainly;  parayā —great;  nirvṛtyā —with happi- ness;  hi —certainly;  apavargam —liberation;  ātyantikam —uninter- rupted;  parama-puruṣa-artham —the best of all human achievements;  api —although;  svayam —itself;  āsāditam —obtained;  no —not;  eva — certainly;  ādriyante —endeavor to achieve;  bhagavadīyatvena eva — because of a relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  parisamāpta-sarva-arthāḥ —those who have ended all kinds of material desires.