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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.19.38

యచ్ఛ్రోతవ్యమథో జప్యం యత్కర్తవ్యం నృభి: ప్రభో । స్మర్తవ్యం భజనీయం వా బ్రూహి యద్వా విపర్యయమ్ ॥ ౩౮ ॥
yac chrotavyam atho japyaṁ
[yach chrotavyam atho japyam]
yat kartavyaṁ nṛbhiḥ prabho
[yat kartavyam nribhih prabho]
smartavyaṁ bhajanīyaṁ vā
[smartavyam bhajaneeyam vaa]
brūhi yad vā viparyayam
[broohi yad vaa viparyayam]
Word-for-word
yat — whatever śrotavyam — worth hearing atho — thereof japyam — chanted yat — what also kartavyam — executed nṛbhiḥ — by the people in general prabho — O master smartavyam — that which is remembered bhajanīyam — worshipable vā — either brūhi — please explain yad vā — what it may be viparyayam — against the principle.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yac chrotavyam atho japyaṁ
yat
whatever
śrotavyam
worth hearing
atho
thereof
japyam
chanted
yat kartavyaṁ nṛbhiḥ prabho
yat
what also
kartavyam
executed
nṛbhiḥ
by the people in general
prabho
O master
smartavyaṁ bhajanīyaṁ vā
smartavyam
that which is remembered
bhajanīyam
worshipable
vā
either
brūhi yad vā viparyayam
brūhi
please explain
yad vā
what it may be
viparyayam
against the principle.
Please let me know what a man should hear, chant, remember and worship, and also what he should not do. Please explain all this to me.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O master! Please tell me what men must hear, chant, remember and worship, or what they should not hear, chant, remember or worship.
Commentary

Here he is more specific. Kartavyam should follow each of the four items. Tell me what men must hear among things worthy hearing, what they must chant among things worthy chanting, what they must remember among things worthy remembering, and what they must worship among things worth worshipping. Viparyayam means tell me what must not be heard, chanted, remembered or worshipped.

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