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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.11.4

నారాయణపరా విప్రా ధర్మం గుహ్యం పరం విదు: । కరుణా: సాధవ: శాన్తాస్త్వద్విధా న తథాపరే ॥ ౪ ॥
nārāyaṇa-parā viprā
[naaraayana-paraa vipraa]
dharmaṁ guhyaṁ paraṁ viduḥ
[dharmam guhyam param viduh]
karuṇāḥ sādhavaḥ śāntās
[karunaah saadhavah shaantaas]
tvad-vidhā na tathāpare
[tvad-vidhaa na tathaapare]
nārāyaṇa-parāḥ — those who are always devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa viprāḥ — the best of the brāhmaṇas dharmam — religious principle guhyam — the most confidential param — supreme viduḥ — know karuṇāḥ — such persons are very merciful (being devotees) sādhavaḥ — whose behavior is very exalted śāntāḥ — peaceful tvat-vidhāḥ — like Your Honor na — not tathā — so apare — others (followers of methods other than devotional service).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nārāyaṇa-parā viprā
nārāyaṇa-parāḥ
those who are always devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa
viprāḥ
the best of the brāhmaṇas
dharmaṁ guhyaṁ paraṁ viduḥ
dharmam
religious principle
guhyam
the most confidential
param
supreme
viduḥ
know
karuṇāḥ sādhavaḥ śāntās
karuṇāḥ
such persons are very merciful (being devotees)
sādhavaḥ
whose behavior is very exalted
śāntāḥ
peaceful
tvad-vidhā na tathāpare
tvat-vidhāḥ
like Your Honor
na
not
tathā
so
apare
others (followers of methods other than devotional service).
No one is superior to you in peaceful life and mercy, and no one knows better than you how to execute devotional service or how to become the best of the brāhmaṇas. Therefore, you know all the principles of confidential religious life, and no one knows them better than you.

Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja knew that Nārada Muni is the supreme spiritual master of human society who can teach the path of spiritual liberation leading to the understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Actually, it is for this purpose that Nārada Muni compiled his Bhakti-sūtra and gave directions in the Nārada-paṣcarātra. To learn about religious principles and the perfection of life, one must take instruction from the disciplic succession of Nārada Muni. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is directly in the line of the Brahma sampradāya. Nārada Muni received instructions from Lord Brahmā and in turn transmitted the instructions to Vyāsadeva. Vyāsadeva instructed his son Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who spoke Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is based on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā. Because Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was spoken by Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Bhagavad-gītā was spoken by Kṛṣṇa, there is no difference between them. If we strictly follow the principle of disciplic succession, we are certainly on the right path of spiritual liberation, or eternal engagement in devotional service.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Peaceful brāhmaṇa devotees like you, dedicated to Nārāyaṇa, know the secret dharma. Others do not know. “Why don’t you ask other sages dedicates to the principles of smṛti scriptures?” You are dedicated to Nārāyaṇa.
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