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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 1]
TEXTS 4-5
श्रीऋषिरुवाच
साधु पृष्ठं महाराज हरेश्वरितमद्भुतम् । 
  यद् भागवतमाहात्म्यं भगवद्भक्तिवर्धनम् ॥ ४ ॥ 
  गीयते परमं पुण्यमृषिभिर्नारदादिभिः । 
  नत्वा कृष्णाय मुनये कथयिष्ये हरेः कथाम् ॥ ५ ॥
śrī-ṛṣīr uvāca 
  sādhu pṛṣṭaṁ mahārāja 
  hareś caritam adbhutam 
  yad bhāgavata-māhātmyaṁ 
  bhagavad-bhakti-vardhanam
gīyate paramaṁ puṇyam 
  ṛṣībhīr nāradādibhīḥ 
  natvā kṛṣṇāya munaye 
  kathayiṣye hareḥ kathām
śrī-ṛṣīḥ uvāca—the sage Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; sādhu—excellent; pṛṣṭaṁ—inquiry; mahā-rāja—O great King; hareḥ—of the Supreme Lord, Hari; caritam—activities; adbhutam—wonderful; yat—from which; bhāgavata—of the Lord's devotee (Prahlāda); māhātmyaṁ—the glories; bhagavat-bhakti—devotion to the Lord; vardhanam—increasing; gīyate—is sung; paramaṁ—foremost; puṇyam—pious; ṛṣībhīḥ—by the sages; nārada-ādibhīḥ—headed by Śrī Nārada Muni; natvā—after offering obeisances; kṛṣṇāya—to Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa; munaye—the great sage; kathayiṣye—I shall narrate; hareḥ—of Hari; kathām—the topics.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, you have put before me an excellent question. Discourses concerning the activities of the Lord, in which the glories of His devotees are also found, are extremely pleasing to devotees. Such wonderful topics