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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.11.5

శ్రీనారద ఉవాచ నత్వా భగవతేఽజాయ లోకానాం ధర్మసేతవే । వక్ష్యే సనాతనం ధర్మం నారాయణముఖాచ్ఛ్రుతమ్ ॥ ౫ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca
[shree-naarada uvaacha]
natvā bhagavate ’jāya
[natvaa bhagavate ’jaaya]
lokānāṁ dharma-setave
[lokaanaam dharma-setave]
vakṣye sanātanaṁ dharmaṁ
[vakshye sanaatanam dharmam]
nārāyaṇa-mukhāc chrutam
[naaraayana-mukhaach chrutam]
Word-for-word
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca — Śrī Nārada Muni said natvā — offering my obeisances bhagavate — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead ajāya — ever existing, never born lokānām — throughout the entire universe dharma-setave — who protects religious principles vakṣye — I shall explain sanātanam — eternal dharmam — occupational duty nārāyaṇa-mukhāt — from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa śrutam — which I have heard.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-nārada uvāca
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
Śrī Nārada Muni said
natvā
offering my obeisances
natvā bhagavate ’jāya
bhagavate
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
ajāya
ever existing, never born
lokānāṁ dharma-setave
lokānām
throughout the entire universe
dharma-setave
who protects religious principles
vakṣye sanātanaṁ dharmaṁ
vakṣye
I shall explain
sanātanam
eternal
dharmam
occupational duty
nārāyaṇa-mukhāc chrutam
nārāyaṇa-mukhāt
from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa
śrutam
which I have heard.
Śrī Nārada Muni said: After first offering my obeisances unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, the protector of the religious principles of all living entities, let me explain the principles of the eternal religious system, of which I have heard from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa.
Purport

The word aja refers to Kṛṣṇa, who explains in Bhagavad-gītā (4.6) , ajo ’pi sann avyayātmā: “I am ever existing, and thus I never take birth. There is no change in My existence.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Nārada said: After first offering my obeisances unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, the protector of the dharma for of all living entities, let me explain the principles of bhakti-yoga which I have heard from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa. Ajāya means “unto Kṛṣṇa.”
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