278 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 5
TEXT 40

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tvam apy adabhrasruta visrutarn vibhoh
samapyate yena vidarh bubhutsitam

prakhyahi duhkhair muhur arditatmanamn
sanklesa-nirvanam usanti nanyatha

tvam—your good soul; api—also; adabhra—vast; sruta— Vedic literatures;
vigsrutam—have heard also; vibhoh—of the Almighty; samapyate-—satisfied;
yena—by which; vidam—of the learned; bubhutsitam—who always desire
to learn transcendental knowledge; prakhyahi—describe; duhkhaih—by mis-
eries; muhuh—always; ardita-atmanam—suffering mass of people; sanklesa—
sufferings; nirvanam— mitigation; usanti na—do not get out of; anyatha—
by other means,

TRANSLATION

Please, therefore, describe the Almighty Lord’s activities which you
have learned by your vast knowledge of the Vedas, for that will satisfy the
hankerings of great learned men and at the same time mitigate the miseries
of the masses of common people who are always suffering from material
pangs. Indeed, there is no other way to get out of such miseries.

PURPORT

Sri Narada Muni from practical experience definitely asserts that the
prime solution of all problems of material work is to broadcast very widely
the transcendental glories of the Supreme Lord. There are four classes of
good men, and there are four classes of bad men also. The four classes of
good men acknowledge the authority of the Almighty God, and therefore
such good men when 1) they are in difficulty, 2) when they are in need of
money, 3) when they are advanced in knowledge and 4) when they are
inquisitive to know more and more about God, intuitively take shelter of
the Lord. As such, Naradaji advises Vyasadeva to broadcast the transcen-
