SB 10.7.1-2

śrī-rājovāca
yena yenāvatāreṇa
bhagavān harir īśvaraḥ
karoti karṇa-ramyāṇi
mano-jñāni ca naḥ prabho

yac-chṛṇvato ‘paity aratir vitṛṣṇā
sattvaṁ ca śuddhyaty acireṇa puṁsaḥ
bhaktir harau tat-puruṣe ca sakhyaṁ
tad eva hāraṁ vada manyase cet

śrīplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsri

and opulence; beautiful; beauty; fortune; Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune; named śrī; opulence or beauty; opulences; the affluent; the goddess of fortune; the goddess of fortune, or a beautiful calf; the treasury houses; transcendental; with opulence.-rājāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigraja

from the government; king; of a king; of the King; the King. uvācaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_biguvāca

answered; described; explained; he recited; he said; inquired; prayed; replied; said; she said; she spoke; spoke; talked with them.—the King inquired (from Śukadeva Gosvāmī); yenaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigyena

as; as if; as it were; because; by all this; by something; by such activities; by such an incarnation; by such knowledge; by that love; by the agency; by the bestower; by the chanting of which; by the same thunderbolt; by which (as a result of the yajña); by which (religious principle); by which (spiritual consciousness); by which (the glory of the Lord); by which; by which means; by which person; by which process; by which pseudo religious system; by which sound; by which way; by whom (everything is enacted); by whom (Hiraṇyakaśipu); by whom (Janaka); by whom (Kārtavīryārjuna); by whom (Lord Rāmacandra); by whom (Nārāyaṇa); by whom (the Lord); by whom (the Personality of Godhead); by whom (the Supreme Brahman); by whom (through whose mercy); by whom (Śiva); by whom; by whom, Ṛṣabhadeva; exactly like; if possible; is like; just as; just like; like; must; pulled by such time; so; so that; somehow; that; there; which; whom (my husband); whom (the Supersoul); with whom. yenaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigyena

as; as if; as it were; because; by all this; by something; by such activities; by such an incarnation; by such knowledge; by that love; by the agency; by the bestower; by the chanting of which; by the same thunderbolt; by which (as a result of the yajña); by which (religious principle); by which (spiritual consciousness); by which (the glory of the Lord); by which; by which means; by which person; by which process; by which pseudo religious system; by which sound; by which way; by whom (everything is enacted); by whom (Hiraṇyakaśipu); by whom (Janaka); by whom (Kārtavīryārjuna); by whom (Lord Rāmacandra); by whom (Nārāyaṇa); by whom (the Lord); by whom (the Personality of Godhead); by whom (the Supreme Brahman); by whom (through whose mercy); by whom (Śiva); by whom; by whom, Ṛṣabhadeva; exactly like; if possible; is like; just as; just like; like; must; pulled by such time; so; so that; somehow; that; there; which; whom (my husband); whom (the Supersoul); with whom. avatāreṇaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigavatāreṇa

the pastimes exhibited by different varieties of incarnations.—the pastimes exhibited by different varieties of incarnations; bhagavānplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigbhagavan

my dear Lord; my lord; O exalted sage; O godly personality; O great brāhmaṇa; O great sage (Śukadeva Gosvāmī); O great sage; O great saint; O great soul; O Lord; O Lord, Supreme Personality of Godhead; O most powerful; O most powerful devotee; O most powerful sage; O my Lord; O my lord, O great one; O Personality of Godhead; O possessor of all opulences; O powerful one; O Supreme; O Supreme Lord; O Supreme Lord, O Personality of Godhead; O Supreme Personality of Godhead; O supremely powerful one; O worshipful sage; O Your Lordship; the Personality of Godhead.—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; hariḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bighariḥ

a lion; Hari; Hari, the Lord; He is actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari; Indra; King Indra; Kṛṣṇa; lion; Lord Hari; Lord Hari, who takes away all the miserable conditions of material existence; Lord Kṛṣṇa; Lord Viṣṇu; Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; not different from the Lord; of the Lord; the holy name of the Lord; the lion; the Lord; the Lord Hari; the Lord, the Personality of Godhead; the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the Lord, who mitigates all the miseries of the living entity; the Lord, who vanquishes all miseries; the Personality of Godhead; the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; the Supreme Being; the Supreme Lord; the Supreme Personality of Godhead (in the form of Vāmana); the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Ajita; the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, in the form of Mohinī; the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa; the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nṛsiṁhadeva; the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu; the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can take away everything; the vanquisher of all inauspiciousness; who can take away all the illusion of the living entities; Śrī Hari.—the Lord; īśvaraḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigisvarah

a powerful controller who can do whatever he likes (Nārada Muni); able; able to give charity; although able to curse Prajāpati Dakṣa; although the supreme controller; any supreme controller; capable; completely independent of illusion; controller; governor; Lord Kṛṣṇa; Lord Īśvara; Lord Śiva; my husband; supreme controller; the complete controller; the controller; the King; the King of heaven; the Lord; the lord of the body; the Lord or director; the master; the Personality of Godhead; the Supersoul, the controller; the supreme controller; the Supreme Lord; the Supreme Lord, Parameśvara; the Supreme Lord, the controller; the Supreme Lord, the resting place of the material cause; the Supreme person; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; very powerful.—the controller; karotiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkaroti

acts upon; can do; discriminates; do; does; does them; everyone does so; executes; he acts; he creates; he does; he performs; he used to act; he used to do; it makes; makes; moves; perform; performing; performs; presents; used to act; works.—presents; karṇaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkarṇa

and to the ears; ear; ears; Karṇa; of the ear; on the ears; the ear; the ears; through the ears; to the ear.-ramyāṇiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigramyāṇi

very beautiful.—were all very pleasing to the ear; manaḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmanah

and of the mind; and the mind; attention; by meditation; by mind; by the acts of the mind; by the mind; complete attention; heart; her mind; his mind; how the mind is working; in terms of the mind; in the mind; like the mind; mind; minds, hearts; my mind; of the mind; of the minds; of the strength of enthusiasm; that mind; the mind (full of material desires for eating, sleeping, mating and defending); the mind; the mind in such a situation; the minds; the subject matter of thought for the mind; their minds; to the mind; with mind; with the mind.-jñāniplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigjnani

advanced in knowledge; mental speculator; one in full knowledge; one pursuing knowledge; one who is in knowledge; one who knows things as they are; philosophical speculator; pursuing knowledge; the philosophical speculators; the speculative philosophers; well versed in transcendental knowledge; wise man.—very attractive to the mind; caplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigca

ca; all these; also; also other bodily forms; also that I have not been able to ask; and (the five gross material elements and the ten acting and knowledge-gathering senses); and; and also; and Devahūti; and for all; and the paraphernalia; as also; as much as; as well; as well as; but; certainly; either; however; indeed; only; or; over and above; respectively; the word ca; this word ca; thus; totally; unlimitedly; verily.—also; naḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bignah

among ourselves; among us; as we are; by us (Brahmā and the other demigods); by us; for us; like us (who are so engaged); like us; my; not; of all of us; of all of us demons; of ourselves; of us; our; ours; ourselves; to me; to us; toward us; unto me; unto us; upon us; us (the demigods); us; us demigods; we; with us.—of us; prabhoplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigprabho

dear Lord; My dear friend; my dear King; my dear Lord Kapila; my dear Lord Vidura; my dear sir; my Lord; my lord, Śukadeva Gosvāmī; O King; O King Parīkṣit; O Lord; O master; O mighty one; O my father; O my husband; O my King; O my Lord; O my worshipable Lord; O Supreme.—my lord, Śukadeva Gosvāmī; yatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigyat

which; about whom; all these; all those; although; and as; and whichever; anything; as; as a matter of fact; as it is; as its; as much as; as they are; because; because of; because of which; because of whom; by the result of which; by the Supreme Lord; by which; by which way; by whom (the Supreme Lord); by whom; by whose; by whose merciful; even though; everything that was required; fixed under Your direction; for; for which; from both of whom; from him; from which; from whom; from whose; from Yuyudha; he whose; his; His eternal form which; his son; if; in which; in whom; inasmuch as; Kṛṣṇa; now further; of him (Somāpi); of him; of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune; of the fire-gods; of the Lord; of the Supreme Lord; of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; of which (the intermediate space); of which; of whom (of the Supreme Lord); who; who is; whom; whose; whose form; Your.-śṛṇvataḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigśṛṇvataḥ

heard; hearing; of one who is hearing; of those who hear; thus hearing; which was heard; while hearing.—of anyone who simply hears these narrations; apaitiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigapaiti

flees; goes away; vanishes.—vanishes; aratiḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigaratiḥ

unattractiveness; without attachment.—unattractiveness; vitṛṣṇāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigvitrsna

indifferent.—dirty things within the mind that make us uninterested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; sattvamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsattvam

śuddha-sattva, transcendental; any living being; consciousness; entity; existence; goodness; His internal potency; in goodness; living being; mode of goodness; mundane goodness; patience; pure transcendental goodness; regulation; strength; the heart; the mode of goodness; with no tinge of the material modes of nature. caplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigca

ca; all these; also; also other bodily forms; also that I have not been able to ask; and (the five gross material elements and the ten acting and knowledge-gathering senses); and; and also; and Devahūti; and for all; and the paraphernalia; as also; as much as; as well; as well as; but; certainly; either; however; indeed; only; or; over and above; respectively; the word ca; this word ca; thus; totally; unlimitedly; verily.—the existential position in the core of the heart; śuddhyatiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigśuddhyati

becomes purified; he will be purified; purified.—becomes purified; acireṇaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigacireṇa

very soon; without delay.—very soon; puṁsaḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpuṁsaḥ

a person; by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; of a human being; of a living entity; of a male; of a man; of a person; of any person; of every human being; of everyone; of Lord Viṣṇu (Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu); of man; of one who is so engaged; of the puruṣa-avatāras; of the gigantic form; of the great personality; of the human being; of the living being; of the living entities; of the living entity; of the Lord; of the man; of the person; of the Personality of Godhead; of the persons; of the plenary portion, Lord Viṣṇu, the expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa; of the puruṣa-avatāras; of the Supreme; of the Supreme Person; personality; Personality of Godhead; Supreme Personality of Godhead; than a person; the people in general; the Personality of Godhead; their husbands; to a person; with a person.—of any person; bhaktiḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigbhaktiḥ

devotion; devotional service; devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; engagement in devotional service; feelings of devotional service; love; love and devotion; loving service; the devotional service; the nine kinds of devotional service, such as śravaṇa, kīrtana and smaraṇa; transcendental loving service; who possesses devotional service. harauplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigharau

at Hari; in the Supreme Lord; in the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Lord Hari; the Supreme Lord, Hari; toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead; towards Lord Hari; unto Hari; unto Lord Hari; unto the Lord; unto the Personality of Godhead; unto the Supreme Lord; unto the Supreme Personality; unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.—devotional attachment and service to the Lord; tatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigtat

establishment of the statement tat tvam asi.-puruṣeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpuruse

in the living entity; the male; the Supreme Personality of Godhead.—with Vaiṣṇavas; caplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigca

ca; all these; also; also other bodily forms; also that I have not been able to ask; and (the five gross material elements and the ten acting and knowledge-gathering senses); and; and also; and Devahūti; and for all; and the paraphernalia; as also; as much as; as well; as well as; but; certainly; either; however; indeed; only; or; over and above; respectively; the word ca; this word ca; thus; totally; unlimitedly; verily.—also; sakhyamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsakhyam

attraction to association; becoming the best friend; fraternity; friendship; making friends with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; to consider as a friend; well-wishing.—attraction to association; tatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigtat

establishment of the statement tat tvam asi. evaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigeva

alone; also; also the word eva; although; as; as it is; as it were; as much as; as they are; at all; at that time; certainly; certainly,; certainty; completely; definitely; even; ever; exactly; exactly like; factually; Himself; immediately; in fact; in this way; indeed; it is all like that; just; just so; like; like that; like this; of course; on the very; only; quite; simply; so; surely; the word eva; they are; thus; truly; undoubtedly; very; without doubt.—that only; hāramplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigharam

Lord Śiva; who dispels.—the activities of the Lord, which should be heard and kept on the neck as a garland; vadaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigvada

kindly describe; kindly explain; kindly instruct; kindly say; kindly speak; kindly tell; kindly tell us; please describe; please explain; please speak; please tell; say; speak; tell.—kindly speak; manyaseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmanyase

if You think; so think; think; understand; you consider; you think; you think it fit; you think it right.—you think it fit; cetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigcet

although; if; if I have asked an impudent question; if it is so; if so; if there is a possibility.—if. ¶

King Parīkṣit said: My lord, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, all the various activities exhibited by the incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are certainly pleasing to the ear and to the mind. Simply by one’s hearing of these activities, the dirty things in one’s mind immediately vanish. Generally we are reluctant to hear about the activities of the Lord, but Kṛṣṇa’s childhood activities are so attractive that they are automatically pleasing to the mind and ear. Thus one’s attachment for hearing about material things, which is the root cause of material existence, vanishes, and one gradually develops devotional service to the Supreme Lord, attachment for Him, and friendship with devotees who give us the contribution of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If you think it fit, kindly speak about those activities of the Lord. ¶

As stated in the Prema-vivarta: ¶

kṛṣṇa-bahirmukha haiyā bhoga-vāñchā kare
nikaṭa-stha māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare

Our material existence is māyā, or illusion, in which we desire different varieties of material enjoyment and therefore change to different varieties of bodies (bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā [Bg. 18.61]plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.61

The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.). Asann api kleśada āsa dehaḥ: [SB 5.5.4]plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.5.4

When a person considers sense gratification the aim of life, he certainly becomes mad after materialistic living and engages in all kinds of sinful activity. He does not know that due to his past misdeeds he has already received a body which, although temporary, is the cause of his misery. Actually the living entity should not have taken on a material body, but he has been awarded the material body for sense gratification. Therefore I think it not befitting an intelligent man to involve himself again in the activities of sense gratification by which he perpetually gets material bodies one after another. as long as we have these temporary bodies, they give us many varieties of tribulation—ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika and ādhidaivika. This is the root cause of all suffering, but this root cause of suffering can be removed by revival of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness. All the Vedic literatures presented by Vyāsadeva and other great sages are therefore intended to revive our Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which begins to revive with śravaṇa-kīrtanam. Śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (SB 1.2.17)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.2.17

Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramātmā [Supersoul] in everyone's heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other Vedic literatures exist simply to give us a chance to hear about Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa has different avatāras, or incarnations, all of which are wonderful and which arouse one’s inquisitiveness, but generally such avatāras as Matsya, Kūrma and Varāha are not as attractive as Kṛṣṇa. First of all, however, we have no attraction for hearing about Kṛṣṇa, and this is the root cause of our suffering. ¶

But Parīkṣit Mahārāja specifically mentions that the wonderful activities of baby Kṛṣṇa, which amazed mother Yaśodā and the other inhabitants of Vraja, are especially attractive. From the very beginning of His childhood, Kṛṣṇa killed Pūtanā, Tṛṇāvarta and Śakaṭāsura and showed the entire universe within His mouth. Thus the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, one after another, kept mother Yaśodā and all the inhabitants of Vraja in great astonishment. The process to revive one’s Kṛṣṇa consciousness is ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgaḥ (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.4.15). The pastimes of Kṛṣṇa can be properly received from devotees. If one has developed a little bit of Kṛṣṇa consciousness by hearing from Vaiṣṇavas about the activities of Kṛṣṇa, one becomes attached to Vaiṣṇavas who are interested only in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore Parīkṣit Mahārāja recommends that one hear about Kṛṣṇa’s childhood activities, which are more attractive than the activities of other incarnations, such as Matsya, Kūrma and Varāha. Wanting to hear more and more from Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Mahārāja Parīkṣit requested him to continue describing Kṛṣṇa’s childhood activities, which are especially easy to hear and which create more and more inquisitiveness. ¶