SB 1.18.10

या याः कथा भगवतः कथनीयोरुकर्मणः ।
गुणकर्माश्रयाः पुम्भिः संसेव्यास्ता बुभूषुभिः ॥ १० ॥
yā yāḥ kathā bhagavataḥ kathanīyoru-karmaṇaḥ
guṇa-karmāśrayāḥ pumbhiḥ saṁsevyās tā bubhūṣubhiḥ

Synonyms

tāḥ [tāḥ72] — all those various [tāḥ sarvā api73]; kathāḥ — narrations; yāḥ yāḥ — which; āśrayāḥ — pertain to [which have for their object (viṣayāḥ);74 or which disclose (prāvṛttāḥ)75]; guṇa — the divine qualities [such as Bhagavān’s affection for His devotees (bhakta-vātsalyādayaḥ)76]; karma — [and] actions [such as His lifting of Govardhana Hill (govardhanoddhāraṇādīni)77]; bhagavataḥ — [of] Bhagavān [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]; uru-karmaṇaḥ — whose manifold exploits [(bahūni karmāṇi ceṣṭāni);78 or whose magnificent deeds (mahānti karmāṇi)79]; kathanīya — [are] worthy of recounting; saṁsevyāḥ — should be reverently partaken of [(samyak sevyāḥ); or continuously and attentively heard (nirantaraṁ śrotavyāḥ)80]; pumbhiḥ — by human beings; bubhūṣubhiḥ — who aspire to ultimate perfection [who long to become established in the permanent state of authentic being (sad-bhāvam icchadbhiḥ);81 or in their own authentic state of existence (sva-sattām icchadbhiḥ)82].

Translation

All those various narrations that pertain to the divine qualities and actions of Bhagavān [Śrī Kṛṣṇa], whose manifold exploits are worthy of recounting, should be reverently heard by human beings who aspire to ultimate perfection.

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