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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.6.36

సర్వం తదిదమాఖ్యాతం యత్పృష్టోఽహం త్వయానఘ । జన్మకర్మరహస్యం మే భవతశ్చాత్మతోషణమ్ ॥ ౩౬ ॥
sarvaṁ tad idam ākhyātaṁ
[sarvam tad idam aakhyaatam]
yat pṛṣṭo ’haṁ tvayānagha
[yat prishto ’ham tvayaanagha]
janma-karma-rahasyaṁ me
[janma-karma-rahasyam me]
bhavataś cātma-toṣaṇam
[bhavatash chaatma-toshanam]
sarvam — all tat — that idam — this ākhyātam — described yat — whatever pṛṣṭaḥ — asked by aham — me tvayā — by you anagha — without any sins janma — birth karma — activities rahasyam — mysteries me — mine bhavataḥ — your ca — and ātma — self toṣaṇam — satisfaction.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sarvaṁ tad idam ākhyātaṁ
sarvam
all
tat
that
idam
this
ākhyātam
described
yat pṛṣṭo ’haṁ tvayānagha
yat
whatever
pṛṣṭaḥ
asked by
janma-karma-rahasyaṁ me
aham
me
tvayā
by you
bhavataś cātma-toṣaṇam
anagha
without any sins
janma
birth
karma
activities
rahasyam
mysteries
me
mine
bhavataḥ
your
ca
and
ātma
self
toṣaṇam
satisfaction.
O Vyāsadeva, you are freed from all sins. Thus I have explained my birth and activities for self-realization, as you asked. All this will be conducive for your personal satisfaction also.

The process of devotional activities from the beginning to the stage of transcendence is all duly explained to satisfy the inquiries of Vyāsadeva. Nārada has explained how the seeds of devotional service were sown by transcendental association and how they gradually developed by hearing the sages. The result of such hearing is detachment from worldliness, so much so that even a small boy could receive the death news of his mother, who was his only caretaker, as the blessing of God. And at once he took the opportunity to search out the Lord. A sincere urge for having an interview with the Lord was also granted to him, although it is not possible for anyone to see the Lord with mundane eyes. He also explained how by execution of pure transcendental service one can get rid of the fruitive action of accumulated work and how he transformed his material body into a spiritual one. The spiritual body is alone able to enter into the spiritual realm of the Lord, and no one but a pure devotee is eligible to enter into the kingdom of God. All the mysteries of transcendental realization are duly experienced by Nārada Muni himself, and therefore by hearing such an authority one can have some idea of the results of devotional life, which are hardly delineated even in the original texts of the Vedas. In the Vedas and Upaniṣads there are only indirect hints to all this. Nothing is directly explained there, and therefore Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the mature fruit of all the Vedic trees of literatures.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O sinless Vyāsa! I have explained all this, confidential knowledge about my birth and activities about which you have asked so that your mind will be satisfied.
Commentary

Sarvam here refers to the appearance of Nārada’s bhakti, its types, growth and result; the activities of the devotee; destruction of prārabdha-karma; how the devotee leaves his body; achieving a spiritual body without karmas. It is called secret (rahasyam) because it is not understood by those who study Vedānta.

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