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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 11]
merciful (being devotees);  sādhavaḥ —whose behavior is very exalted;  śāntāḥ —peaceful;  tvat-vidhāḥ —like Your Honor;  na —not;  tathā —so;  apare —others (followers of methods other than devotional service).
TRANSLATION
No one is superior to you in peaceful life and mercy, and no one knows better than you how to execute devotional service or how to become the best of the brāhmaṇas. Therefore, you know all the principles of confidential religious life, and no one knows them better than you.
PURPORT
Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja knew that Nārada Muni is the supreme spiritual master of human society who can teach the path of spiritual liberation leading to the understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Actually, it is for this purpose that Nārada Muni compiled his  Bhakti-sūtra  and gave directions in the  Nārada-pañcarātra . To learn about religious principles and the perfection of life, one must take instruction from the discipline succession of Nārada Muni. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is directly in the line of the Brahma-sampradāya. Nārada Muni received instructions from Lord Brahmā and in turn transmitted the instructions to Vyāsadeva. Vyāsadeva instructed his son Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who spoke  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is based on  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and  Bhagavad-gītā . Because  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  was spoken by Śukadeva Gosvāmī and  Bhagavad-gītā  was spoken by Kṛṣṇa, there is no difference between them. If we strictly follow the principle of discipline succession, we are certainly on the right path of spiritual liberation, or eternal engagement in devotional service.
TEXT 5
श्रीनारद उवाच
नत्वा भगवतेऽजाय लोकानां धर्मसेतवे ।
वक्ष्ये सनातनं धर्मं नारायणमुखाच्छ्रुतम् ॥ ५ ॥