SB 4.13.3 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

मन्ये महाभागवतं नारदं देवदर्शनम् । येन प्रोक्त: क्रियायोग: परिचर्याविधिर्हरे: ॥ ३ ॥

Verse text

manye mahā-bhāgavataṁ nāradaṁ deva-darśanam yena proktaḥ kriyā-yogaḥ paricaryā-vidhir hareḥ

Synonyms

manye — I think ; mahā — bhāgavatam — the greatest of all devotees ; nāradam — the sage Nārada ; deva — the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; darśanam — who met ; yena — by whom ; proktaḥ — spoken ; kriyā — yogaḥ — devotional service ; paricaryā — for rendering service ; vidhiḥ — the procedure ; hareḥ — to the Supreme Personality of Godhead .

Translation

Vidura continued: I know that the great sage Nārada is the greatest of all devotees. He has compiled the pāṣcarātrika procedure of devotional service and has directly met the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

I know Nārada is the great devotee who saw the Lord. He spoke the Paṣcarātra scripture concerning service to the Lord. Kriyāyogaḥ paricaryā-vidhih refers to Paṣcarātra scripture.

Purport

There are two different ways of approaching the Supreme Lord. One is called bhāgavata-mārga, or the way of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and the other is called pāṣcarātrika-vidhi. Pāṣcarātrika-vidhi is the method of temple worship, and bhāgavata-vidhi is the system of nine processes which begin with hearing and chanting. The Kṛṣṇa 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 pāṣcarātrika procedure was first introduced by the great sage Nārada, as referred to here by Vidura.