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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.32.19

నూనం దైవేన విహతా యే చాచ్యుతకథాసుధామ్ । హిత్వా శ‍ృణ్వన్త్యసద్గాథా: పురీషమివ విడ్భుజ: ॥ ౧౯ ॥
nūnaṁ daivena vihatā
[noonam daivena vihataa]
ye cācyuta-kathā-sudhām
[ye chaachyuta-kathaa-sudhaam]
hitvā śṛṇvanty asad-gāthāḥ
[hitvaa shrinvanty asad-gaathaah]
purīṣam iva viḍ-bhujaḥ
[pureesham iva vid-bhujah]
nūnam — certainly daivena — by the order of the Lord vihatāḥ — condemned ye — those who ca — also acyuta — of the infallible Lord kathā — stories sudhām — nectar hitvā — having given up śṛṇvanti — they hear asat-gāthāḥ — stories about materialistic persons purīṣam — stool iva — like viṭ-bhujaḥ — stool-eaters (hogs).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nūnaṁ daivena vihatā
nūnam
certainly
daivena
by the order of the Lord
vihatāḥ
condemned
ye cācyuta-kathā-sudhām
ye
those who
ca
also
acyuta
of the infallible Lord
kathā
stories
sudhām
nectar
hitvā śṛṇvanty asad-gāthāḥ
hitvā
having given up
śṛṇvanti
they hear
asat-gāthāḥ
stories about materialistic persons
purīṣam iva viḍ-bhujaḥ
purīṣam
stool
iva
like
viṭ-bhujaḥ
stool-eaters (hogs).
Such persons are condemned by the supreme order of the Lord. Because they are averse to the nectar of the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are compared to stool-eating hogs. They give up hearing the transcendental activities of the Lord and indulge in hearing of the abominable activities of materialistic persons.

Everyone is addicted to hearing of the activities of another person, whether a politician or a rich man or an imaginary character whose activities are created in a novel. There are so many nonsensical literatures, stories and books of speculative philosophy. Materialistic persons are very interested in reading such literature, but when they are presented with genuine books of knowledge like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Bhagavad-gītā, Viṣṇu Purāṇa or other scriptures of the world, such as the Bible and Koran, they are not interested. These persons are condemned by the supreme order as much as a hog is condemned. The hog is interested in eating stool. If the hog is offered some nice preparation made of condensed milk or ghee, he won’t like it; he would prefer obnoxious, bad-smelling stool, which he finds very relishable. Materialistic persons are considered condemned because they are interested in hellish activities and not in transcendental activities. The message of the Lord’s activities is nectar, and besides that message, any information in which we may be interested is actually hellish.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Struck by fate, rejecting the nectar of topics of the Lord, they hear material topics, like pigs eating rubbish. Topics about the Lord alone are sweet. Rejecting those, they hearing everything else—material subjects. Who would not enjoy nectar if they receive it? Pigs, rejecting milk and sweets, seek out only rubbish.
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