Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 13: Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Maharaja. Text 3

मन्ये महाभागवतं नारदं देवदर्शनम् ।
येन प्रोक्तः क्रियायोगः परिचर्याविधिर्हरेः ॥३॥

manye mahÄ-bhÄgavataá¹
nÄradaá¹ deva-darÅ›anam
yena proktaḥ kriyÄ-yogaḥ
paricaryÄ-vidhir hareḥ

 manye - I think; mahÄ-bhÄgavatam - the greatest of all devotees; nÄradam - the sage NÄrada; deva - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; darÅ›anam - who met; yena - by whom; proktaḥ - spoken; kriyÄ-yogaḥ - devotional service; paricaryÄ - for rendering service; vidhiḥ - the procedure; hareḥ - to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


Text

Vidura continued: I know that the great sage NÄrada is the greatest of all devotees. He has compiled the pÄñcarÄtrika procedure of devotional service and has directly met the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Purport

There are two different ways of approaching the Supreme Lord. One is called bhÄgavata-mÄrga, or the way of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, and the other is called pÄñcarÄtrika-vidhi. PÄñcarÄtrika-vidhi is the method of temple worship, and bhÄgavata-vidhi is the system of nine processes which begin with hearing and chanting. The Kṛṣṇa conscious movement accepts both processes simultaneously and thus enables one to make steady progress on the path of realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This pÄñcarÄtrika procedure was first introduced by the great sage NÄrada, as referred to here by Vidura.