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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 3]
TEXTS 20-21
व्ययम्भूर्नारदः शम्भुः कुमारः कपिलो मनुः ।  
 प्रह्लादो जनको भीष्मो बलिर्वैयासकिर्वयम् ॥२०॥  
 द्वादशैते विजानीमो धर्मं भागवतं भटाः ।  
 गुह्यं विशुद्धं दुर्बोधं यं ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते ॥२१॥
svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ 
    kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ 
    prahlādo janako bhīṣmo 
    balir vaiyāsakir vayam
dvādaśaite vijānīmo 
    dharmaṁ bhāgavataṁ bhaṭāḥ 
    guhyaṁ viśuddhaṁ durbodhaṁ 
    yaṁ jñātvāmṛtam aśnute
svayambhūḥ—Lord Brahmā; nāradaḥ—the great saint Nārada; 
    śambhuḥ—Lord Śiva; kumāraḥ—the four Kumāras; kapilaḥ—Lord 
    Kapila; manuḥ—Svāyambhuva Manu; prahlādaḥ—Prahlāda Mahārāja; 
    janakaḥ—Janaka Mahārāja; bhīṣmaḥ—Grandfather Bhīṣma; baliḥ— 
    Bali Mahārāja; vaiyāsakiḥ—Śukadeva, the son of Vyāsadeva; vayam— 
    we; dvādaśa—twelve; ete—these; vijānīmaḥ—know; dharmam—real 
    religious principles; bhāgavatam—which teach a person how to love the 
    Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhaṭāḥ—O my dear servants; 
    guhyam—very confidential; viśuddham—transcendental, not contami- 
    nated by the material modes of nature; durbodham—not easily under- 
    stood; yam—which; jñātvā—understanding; amṛtam—eternal life; 
    aśnute—he enjoys.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā, Bhagavān Nārada, Lord Śiva, the four Kumāras, 
    Lord Kapila [the son of Devahūti], Svāyambhuva Manu, Prahlāda 
    Mahārāja, Janaka Mahārāja, Grandfather Bhīṣma, Bali Mahārāja, 
    Śukadeva Gosvāmī and I myself know the real religious principle. 
    My dear servants, this transcendental religious principle, which is 
    known as bhāgavata-dharma, or surrender unto the Supreme Lord