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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.27.26

అథో భజస్వ మాం భద్ర భజన్తీం మే దయాం కురు । ఏతావాన్ పౌరుషో ధర్మో యదార్తాననుకమ్పతే ॥ ౨౬ ॥
atho bhajasva māṁ bhadra
[atho bhajasva maam bhadra]
bhajantīṁ me dayāṁ kuru
[bhajanteem me dayaam kuru]
etāvān pauruṣo dharmo
[etaavaan paurusho dharmo]
yad ārtān anukampate
[yad aartaan anukampate]
atho — therefore bhajasva — accept mām — me bhadra — O gentle one bhajantīm — willing to serve me — to me dayām — mercy kuru — do etāvān — such a measure pauruṣaḥ — for any gentleman dharmaḥ — religious principle yat — that ārtān — to the distressed anukampate — is compassionate.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
atho bhajasva māṁ bhadra
atho
therefore
bhajasva
accept
mām
me
bhadra
O gentle one
bhajantīṁ me dayāṁ kuru
bhajantīm
willing to serve
me
to me
dayām
mercy
kuru
do
etāvān pauruṣo dharmo
etāvān
such a measure
pauruṣaḥ
for any gentleman
dharmaḥ
religious principle
yad ārtān anukampate
yat
that
ārtān
to the distressed
anukampate
is compassionate.
Kālakanyā continued: O gentle one, I am now present before you to serve you. Please accept me and thus show me mercy. It is a gentleman’s greatest duty to be compassionate upon a person who is distressed.

Yavana-rāja, the King of the Yavanas, could also refuse to accept Kālakanyā, daughter of Time, but he considered the request due to the order of Nārada Muni. Thus he accepted Kālakanyā in a different way. In other words, the injunctions of Nārada Muni, or the path of devotional service, can be accepted by anyone within the three worlds, and certainly by the King of the Yavanas. Lord Caitanya Himself requested everyone to preach the cult of bhakti-yoga all over the world, in every village and town. Preachers in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement have actually experienced that even the yavanas and mlecchas have taken to spiritual life on the strength of Nārada Muni’s pāṣcarātrika-vidhi. When mankind follows the disciplic succession, as recommended by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, everyone throughout the world will benefit.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O good man! Therefore, accept me. Be merciful to me, who worship you, for the dharma of man is showing compassion to the suffering. Paursaḥ means “accomplished by a man.” Even if you show strength, you cannot say “I will not accept old age” because, equipped with Nārada’s vow, I will destroy you. Internally saying this, externally she then spoke with crooked, joking words.
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