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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.19.23

సమాగతా: సర్వత ఏవ సర్వే వేదా యథా మూర్తిధరాస్త్రిపృష్ఠే । నేహాథ నాముత్ర చ కశ్చనార్థ ఋతే పరానుగ్రహమాత్మశీలమ్ ॥ ౨౩ ॥
samāgatāḥ sarvata eva sarve
[samaagataah sarvata eva sarve]
vedā yathā mūrti-dharās tri-pṛṣṭhe
[vedaa yathaa moorti-dharaas tri-prishthe]
nehātha nāmutra ca kaścanārtha
[nehaatha naamutra cha kashchanaartha]
ṛte parānugraham ātma-śīlam
[rite paraanugraham aatma-sheelam]
samāgatāḥ — assembled sarvataḥ — from all directions eva — certainly sarve — all of you vedāḥ — supreme knowledge yathā — as mūrti-dharāḥ — personified tri-pṛṣṭhe — on the planet of Brahmā (which is situated above the three planetary systems, namely the upper, intermediate and lower worlds) na — not iha — in this world atha — thereafter na — nor amutra — in the other world ca — also kaścana — any other arthaḥ — interest ṛte — save and except para — others anugraham — doing good to ātma-śīlam — own nature.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
samāgatāḥ sarvata eva sarve
samāgatāḥ
assembled
sarvataḥ
from all directions
eva
certainly
sarve
all of you
vedā yathā mūrti-dharās tri-pṛṣṭhe
vedāḥ
supreme knowledge
yathā
as
mūrti-dharāḥ
personified
tri-pṛṣṭhe
on the planet of Brahmā (which is situated above the three planetary systems, namely the upper, intermediate and lower worlds)
nehātha nāmutra ca kaścanārtha
na
not
iha
in this world
ṛte parānugraham ātma-śīlam
atha
thereafter
na
nor
amutra
in the other world
ca
also
kaścana
any other
arthaḥ
interest
ṛte
save and except
para
others
anugraham
doing good to
ātma-śīlam
own nature.
The King said: O great sages, you have all very kindly assembled here, having come from all parts of the universe. You are all as good as supreme knowledge personified, who resides in the planet above the three worlds [Satyaloka]. Consequently you are naturally inclined to do good to others, and but for this you have no interest, either in this life or in the next.

Six kinds of opulences, namely wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation, are all originally the different attributes pertaining to the Absolute Personality of Godhead. The living beings, who are part-and-parcel entities of the Supreme Being, have all these attributes partially, up to the full strength of seventy-eight percent. In the material world these attributes (up to seventy-eight percent of the Lord’s attributes) are covered by the material energy, as the sun is covered by a cloud. The covered strength of the sun is very dim, compared to the original glare, and similarly the original color of the living beings with such attributes becomes almost extinct. There are three planetary systems, namely the lower worlds, the intermediate worlds and the upper worlds. The human beings on earth are situated at the beginning of the intermediate worlds, but living beings like Brahmā and his contemporaries live in the upper worlds, of which the topmost is Satyaloka. In Satyaloka the inhabitants are fully cognizant of Vedic wisdom, and thus the mystic cloud of material energy is cleared. Therefore they are known as the Vedas personified. Such persons, being fully aware of knowledge both mundane and transcendental, have no interest in either the mundane or transcendental worlds. They are practically desireless devotees. In the mundane world they have nothing to achieve, and in the transcendental world they are full in themselves. Then why do they come to the mundane world? They descend to different planets as messiahs by the order of the Lord to deliver the fallen souls. On the earth they come down and do good to the people of the world in different circumstances under different climatic influences. They have nothing to do in this world save and except reclaim the fallen souls rotting in material existence, deluded by material energy.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
You who have gathered here from many places are full knowledge like the Vedas situated in Satya-loka, above the three worlds. And you have no goal except to give mercy to others in this world and in the next. Actually that is your very nature.
Commentary

You are like the Vedas situated in Satya-loka (tri-pṛṣṭhe). Having spoken of their great knowledge, he speaks of their great mercy. You have no goal except to give mercy to others. Is that their goal? No, it is their nature.

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