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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.2

న హ్యస్య వర్ష్మణ: పుంసాం వరిమ్ణ: సర్వయోగినామ్ । విశ్రుతౌ శ్రుతదేవస్య భూరి తృప్యన్తి మేఽసవ: ॥ ౨ ॥
na hy asya varṣmaṇaḥ puṁsāṁ
[na hy asya varshmanah pumsaam]
varimṇaḥ sarva-yoginām
[varimnah sarva-yoginaam]
viśrutau śruta-devasya
[vishrutau shruta-devasya]
bhūri tṛpyanti me ’savaḥ
[bhoori tripyanti me ’savah]
na — not hi — indeed asya — about Him varṣmaṇaḥ — the greatest puṁsām — among men varimṇaḥ — the foremost sarva — all yoginām — of yogīs viśrutau — in hearing śruta-devasya — the master of the Vedas bhūri — repeatedly tṛpyanti — are sated me — my asavaḥ — senses.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na hy asya varṣmaṇaḥ puṁsāṁ
na
not
hi
indeed
asya
about Him
varṣmaṇaḥ
the greatest
puṁsām
among men
varimṇaḥ sarva-yoginām
varimṇaḥ
the foremost
sarva
all
yoginām
of yogīs
viśrutau śruta-devasya
viśrutau
in hearing
śruta-devasya
the master of the Vedas
bhūri tṛpyanti me ’savaḥ
bhūri
repeatedly
tṛpyanti
are sated
me
my
asavaḥ
senses.
Śaunaka continued: There is no one who knows more than the Lord Himself. No one is more worshipable or more mature a yogī than He. He is therefore the master of the Vedas, and to hear about Him always is the actual pleasure of the senses.

In Bhagavad-gītā it is stated that no one can be equal to or greater than the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in the Vedas also: eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān. He is the supreme living entity and is supplying the necessities of all other living entities. Thus all other living entities, both viṣṇu-tattva and jīva-tattva, are subordinate to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. The same concept is confirmed here. Na hy asya varṣmaṇaḥ puṁsām: amongst the living entities, no one can surpass the Supreme Person because no one is richer, more famous, stronger, more beautiful, wiser or more renounced than He. These qualifications make Him the Supreme Godhead, the cause of all causes. Yogīs are very proud of performing wonderful feats, but no one can compare to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Anyone who is associated with the Supreme Lord is accepted as a first-class yogī. Devotees may not be as powerful as the Supreme Lord, but by constant association with the Lord they become as good as the Lord Himself. Sometimes the devotees act more powerfully than the Lord. Of course, that is the Lord’s concession.

Also used here is the word varimṇaḥ, meaning “the most worshipful of all yogīs. ” To hear from Kṛṣṇa is the real pleasure of the senses; therefore He is known as Govinda, for by His words, by His teachings, by His instruction — by everything connected with Him — He enlivens the senses. Whatever He instructs is from the transcendental platform, and His instructions, being absolute, are nondifferent from Him. Hearing from Kṛṣṇa or His expansion or plenary expansion like Kapila is very pleasing to the senses. Bhagavad-gītā can be read or heard many times, but because it gives great pleasure, the more one reads Bhagavad-gītā the more he gets the appetite to read and understand it, and each time he gets new enlightenment. That is the nature of the transcendental message. Similarly, we find that transcendental happiness in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The more we hear and chant the glories of the Lord, the more we become happy.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Because I delight in hearing, my senses can never be fully satisfied with topics about the form Kapila, greatest among the great persons such as puruṣāvatāras, and the great yogīs such as Dattātreya. My life air and senses can not be fully satisfied with the topics of the Supreme Lord, Kapila, greatest among the puruṣas such as Kṣīrodakaśāyī and greatest among the yogīs such as Dāttatreya. I delight in hearing (śruta-devasya). Or śruta-devasya along with bhūri can refer to the topics of “the Lord who is heard about, plentifully.”
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