TEXT 3
manye maha-bhagavatam
naradam deva-darsanam
yena proktah kriya-yogah
paricarya-vidhir hareh
SYNONYMS
manyeI think; maha-bhagavatamthe greatest of all devotees; naradamthe sage Narada; devathe Supreme Personality of Godhead; darsanamwho met; yenaby whom; proktahspoken; kriya-yogahdevotional service; paricaryafor rendering service; vidhihthe procedure; harehto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Vidura continued: I know that the great sage Narada is the greatest of all devotees. He has compiled the pancaratrika procedure of devotional service and has directly met the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
There are two different ways of approaching the Supreme Lord. One is called bhagavata-marga, or the way of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and the other is called pancaratrika-vidhi. Pancaratrika-vidhi is the method of temple worship, and bhagavata-vidhi is the system of nine processes which begin with hearing and chanting. The Krsna conscious movement accepts both processes simultaneously and thus enables one to make steady progress on the path of realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This pancaratrika procedure was first introduced by the great sage Narada, as referred to here by Vidura.
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