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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.8.26

న మేఽసవ: పరాయన్తి బ్రహ్మన్ననశనాదమీ । పిబతోఽచ్యుతపీయూషమ్ తద్వాక్యాబ్ధివిని:సృతమ్ ॥ ౨౬ ॥
na me ’savaḥ parāyanti
[na me ’savah paraayanti]
brahmann anaśanād amī
[brahmann anashanaad amee]
pibato ’cyuta-pīyūṣam
[pibato ’chyuta-peeyoosham]
tad vākya-abdhi-viniḥsṛtam
[tad vaakya-abdhi-vinihsritam]
na — never me — mine asavaḥ — life parāyanti — becomes exhausted brahman — O learned brāhmaṇa anaśanāt amī — because of fasting pibataḥ — because of my drinking acyuta — of the infallible pīyūṣam — nectar tat — your vākya-abdhi — ocean of speech viniḥsṛtam — flowing down from.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na me ’savaḥ parāyanti
na
never
me
mine
brahmann anaśanād amī
asavaḥ
life
parāyanti
becomes exhausted
brahman
O learned brāhmaṇa
anaśanāt amī
because of fasting
pibato ’cyuta-pīyūṣam
pibataḥ
because of my drinking
acyuta
of the infallible
pīyūṣam
nectar
tad vākya-abdhi-viniḥsṛtam
tat
your
vākya-abdhi
ocean of speech
viniḥsṛtam
flowing down from.
O learned brāhmaṇa, because of my drinking the nectar of the message of the infallible Personality of Godhead, which is flowing down from the ocean of your speeches, I do not feel any sort of exhaustion due to my fasting.

The disciplic succession from Brahmā, Nārada, Vyāsa and Śukadeva Gosvāmī is particularly different from others. The disciplic successions from other sages are simply a waste of time, being devoid of acyuta-kathā, or the message of the infallible Lord. The mental speculators can present their theories very nicely by reason and arguments, but such reasons and arguments are not infallible, for they are defeated by better mental speculators. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was not interested in the dry speculation of the flickering mind, but he was interested in the topics of the Lord because factually he felt that by hearing such a nectarean message from the mouth of Śukadeva Gosvāmī he was not feeling any exhaustion, even though he was fasting because of his imminent death.

One can indulge in hearing the mental speculators, but such hearing cannot endure for any length of time. One will be exhausted very soon from hearing such hackneyed ways of thinking, and no one in the world can be satisfied simply by hearing such useless speculations. The message of the Lord, especially from a personality like Śukadeva Gosvāmī, can never be tiring, even though one may be exhausted from other causes.

In some editions of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the text of the last line of this verse reads anyatra kupitād dvijāt, which means that the King might be overwhelmed by the thought of his imminent death by snakebite. The snake is also twice-born, and its anger is compared to the cursing brāhmaṇa boy who was without good intelligence. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was not at all afraid of death, for he was fully encouraged by the message of the Lord. One who is fully absorbed in acyuta-kathā can never be afraid of anything in this world.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O brāhmaṇa! My life airs are not disturbed from fasting since I am drinking the nectar of Kṛṣṇa. I will be disturbed by the brāhmaṇa’s death curse in seven days. Therefore quickly tell me Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
Commentary

In this endeavor you should not worry about my difficulties. My life airs are not disturbed from fasting (na parāyanti). What is the reason? I drink the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. The angry brāhmaṇa will come in seven days in the form of Takṣaka, and due to that, my life airs will be disturbed (my life will end). Then I will not be able to drink the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. Therefore do not delay in telling about Kṛṣṇa.

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