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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 1]
manner in which;  gaja-patim —the King of the elephants;  grāha-grastam —when attacked by the crocodile;  amūmucat —delivered.
TRANSLATION
King Parīkṣit said: My lord, Bādarāyaṇi, we wish to hear from you in detail how the King of the elephants, when attacked by a crocodile, was delivered by Hari.
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तत्कथासु महत् पुण्यं धन्यं स्वस्त्ययनं शुभम्। यत्र यत्रोत्तमश्लोको भगवान्गीयते हरिः ॥३२॥
tat-kathāsu mahat puṇyam   dhanyam svastyayanam śubham   yatra yatrottamaśloko   bhagavān gīyate hariḥ
tat-kathāsu —in those narrations;  mahat —great;  puṇyam —pious;  dhanyam —glorious;  svastyayanam —auspicious;  śubham —all good;  yatra —whenever;  yatra —wherever;  uttamaślokaḥ —the Lord, who is known as Uttamaśloka (He who is described by transcendental literature);  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  gīyate —is glorified;  hariḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Any literature or narration in which the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Uttamaśloka, is described and glorified is certainly great, pure, glorious, auspicious and all good.
PURPORT
The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is spreading all over the world simply by describing Kṛṣṇa. We have published many books, including  Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta  in seventeen volumes, four hundred pages each, as well as  Bhagavad-gītā  and  The Nectar of Devotion . We are also publishing  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  in sixty volumes. Wherever a speaker holds discourses from these books and an audience hears him, this will