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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.19.34

అన్యేషాం పుణ్యశ్లోకానాముద్దామయశసాం సతామ్ । ఉపశ్రుత్య భవేన్మోద: శ్రీవత్సాఙ్కస్య కిం పున: ॥ ౩౪ ॥
anyeṣāṁ puṇya-ślokānām
[anyeshaam punya-shlokaanaam]
uddāma-yaśasāṁ satām
[uddaama-yashasaam sataam]
upaśrutya bhaven modaḥ
[upashrutya bhaven modah]
śrīvatsāṅkasya kiṁ punaḥ
[shreevatsaankasya kim punah]
Word-for-word
anyeṣām — of others puṇya-ślokānām — of pious reputation uddāma-yaśasām — whose fame is spread everywhere satām — of the devotees upaśrutya — by hearing bhavet — may arise modaḥ — pleasure śrīvatsa-aṅkasya — of the Lord, who bears the mark Śrīvatsa kim punaḥ — what to speak of.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
anyeṣāṁ puṇya-ślokānām
anyeṣām
of others
puṇya-ślokānām
of pious reputation
uddāma-yaśasāṁ satām
uddāma-yaśasām
whose fame is spread everywhere
satām
of the devotees
upaśrutya bhaven modaḥ
upaśrutya
by hearing
bhavet
may arise
modaḥ
pleasure
śrīvatsāṅkasya kiṁ punaḥ
śrīvatsa-aṅkasya
of the Lord, who bears the mark Śrīvatsa
kim punaḥ
what to speak of.
What to speak of hearing the pastimes of the Lord, whose chest is marked with Śrīvatsa, people may take transcendental pleasure even in hearing of the works and deeds of the devotees, whose fame is immortal.
Purport

Bhāgavatam literally means the pastimes of the Lord and the Lord’s devotees. For example, there are pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa and narrations of devotees like Prahlāda, Dhruva and Mahārāja Ambarīṣa. Both pastimes pertain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because the devotees’ pastimes are in relation with Him. The Mahābhārata, for example, the history of the Pāṇḍavas and their activities, is sacred because the Pāṇḍavas had a direct relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When one attains such bliss on hearing the stories of the famous devotees such as Yudhiṣṭhira, what doubt is there that one will derive bliss from stories of the Lord marked with the Śrīvatsa? Puṇyaślokānām means Yudhiṣṭhira and others. He is famous by the name Puṇyaśloka.
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