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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.16.3

అథాప్యుదారశ్రవస: పృథోర్హరే: కలావతారస్య కథామృతాద‍ృతా: । యథోపదేశం మునిభి: ప్రచోదితా: శ్లాఘ్యాని కర్మాణి వయం వితన్మహి ॥ ౩ ॥
athāpy udāra-śravasaḥ pṛthor hareḥ
[athaapy udaara-shravasah prithor hareh]
kalāvatārasya kathāmṛtādṛtāḥ
[kalaavataarasya kathaamritaadritaah]
yathopadeśaṁ munibhiḥ pracoditāḥ
[yathopadesham munibhih prachoditaah]
ślāghyāni karmāṇi vayaṁ vitanmahi
[shlaaghyaani karmaani vayam vitanmahi]
atha api — nevertheless udāra — liberal śravasaḥ — whose fame pṛthoḥ — of King Pṛthu hareḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu kalā — part of a plenary expansion avatārasya — incarnation kathā — words amṛta — nectarean ādṛtāḥ — attentive to yathā — according to upadeśam — instruction munibhiḥ — by the great sages pracoditāḥ — being encouraged ślāghyāni — laudable karmāṇi — activities vayam — we vitanmahi — shall try to spread.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
athāpy udāra-śravasaḥ pṛthor hareḥ
atha api
nevertheless
udāra
liberal
śravasaḥ
whose fame
pṛthoḥ
of King Pṛthu
hareḥ
of Lord Viṣṇu
kalāvatārasya kathāmṛtādṛtāḥ
kalā
part of a plenary expansion
avatārasya
incarnation
kathā
words
amṛta
nectarean
ādṛtāḥ
attentive to
yathopadeśaṁ munibhiḥ pracoditāḥ
yathā
according to
upadeśam
instruction
munibhiḥ
by the great sages
pracoditāḥ
being encouraged
ślāghyāni karmāṇi vayaṁ vitanmahi
ślāghyāni
laudable
karmāṇi
activities
vayam
we
vitanmahi
shall try to spread.
Although we are unable to glorify you adequately, we nonetheless have a transcendental taste for glorifying your activities. We shall try to glorify you according to the instructions received from authoritative sages and scholars. Whatever we speak, however, is always inadequate and very insignificant. Dear King, because you are a direct incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all your activities are liberal and ever laudable.

However expert one may be, he can never describe the glories of the Lord adequately. Nonetheless, those engaged in glorifying the activities of the Lord should try to do so as far as possible. Such an attempt will please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Caitanya has advised all His followers to go everywhere and preach the message of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Since this message is essentially Bhagavad-gītā, the preacher’s duty is to study Bhagavad-gītā as it is understood by disciplic succession and explained by great sages and learned devotees. One should speak to the general populace in accordance with one’s predecessors — sādhu, guru and śāstras. This simple process is the easiest method by which one can glorify the Lord. Devotional service, however, is the real method, for by devotional service one can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead with just a few words. Without devotional service, volumes of books cannot satisfy the Lord. Even though preachers of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement may be unable to describe the glories of the Lord, they can nonetheless go everywhere and request people to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Still, eager for the sweetness of your topics, encouraged by the sages, we will now describe as instructed the praiseworthy pastimes of the most famous Pṛthu, a portion of the Lord. The sages have entered our hearts and according to their instructions only we will offer praise.
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