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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.13.3

मन्ये महाभागवतं नारदं देवदर्शनम् । येन प्रोक्त: क्रियायोग: परिचर्याविधिर्हरे: ॥ ३ ॥
manye mahā-bhāgavataṁ
[manye mahaa-bhaagavatam]
nāradaṁ deva-darśanam
[naaradam deva-darshanam]
yena proktaḥ kriyā-yogaḥ
[yena proktah kriyaa-yogah]
paricaryā-vidhir hareḥ
[paricharyaa-vidhir hareh]
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
manye mahā-bhāgavataṁ
manye
I think
mahā-bhāgavatam
the greatest of all devotees
nāradaṁ deva-darśanam
nāradam
the sage Nārada
deva
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
darśanam
who met
yena proktaḥ kriyā-yogaḥ
yena
by whom
proktaḥ
spoken
kriyā-yogaḥ
devotional service
paricaryā-vidhir hareḥ
paricaryā
for rendering service
vidhiḥ
the procedure
hareḥ
to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Vidura continued: I know that the great sage Nārada is the greatest of all devotees. He has compiled the pāñcarātrika procedure of devotional service and has directly met the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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 pāñcarātrika-vidhi. Pāñcarātrika-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 pāñcarātrika procedure was first introduced by the great sage Nārada, as referred to here by Vidura.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I know Nārada is the great devotee who saw the Lord. He spoke the Pañcarātra scripture concerning service to the Lord. Kriyāyogaḥ paricaryā-vidhih refers to Pañcarātra scripture.
Vidura honors Nārada as the greatest devotee, author of the pāñcarātrika method, and direct seer of the Lord. Acknowledging a teacher's stature is part of approaching the teaching properly.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose stature am I underplaying because acknowledging it would humble me?
  • Which teacher's method have I been using without ever crediting them?
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