Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 5
Kurukṣetra Pilgrimage: Sages Praise Kṛṣṇa; Vasudeva Inquires on Karma; Viṣṇu-yajña Performed
इति सम्भाषमाणासु स्त्रीभि: स्त्रीषु नृभिर्नृषु । आययुर्मुनयस्तत्र कृष्णरामदिदृक्षया ॥ २ ॥ द्वैपायनो नारदश्च च्यवनो देवलोऽसित: । विश्वामित्र: शतानन्दो भरद्वाजोऽथ गौतम: ॥ ३ ॥ राम: सशिष्यो भगवान् वसिष्ठो गालवो भृगु: । पुलस्त्य: कश्यपोऽत्रिश्च मार्कण्डेयो बृहस्पति: ॥ ४ ॥ द्वितस्त्रितश्चैकतश्च ब्रह्मपुत्रास्तथाङ्गिरा: । अगस्त्यो याज्ञवल्क्यश्च वामदेवादयोऽपरे ॥ ५ ॥
iti sambhāṣamāṇāsu strībhiḥ strīṣu nṛbhir nṛṣu āyayur munayas tatra kṛṣṇa-rāma-didṛkṣayā
As the women thus talked among themselves and the men among themselves, a number of great sages arrived there, all of them eager to see Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma. They included Dvaipāyana, Nārada, Cyavana, Devala and Asita, Viśvāmitra, Śatānanda, Bharadvāja and Gautama, Lord Paraśurāma and his disciples, Vasiṣṭha, Gālava, Bhṛgu, Pulastya and Kaśyapa, Atri, Mārkaṇḍeya and Bṛhaspati, Dvita, Trita, Ekata and the four Kumāras, and Aṅgirā, Agastya, Yājñavalkya and Vāmadeva.
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Because even the greatest ṛṣis long for the direct darśana of the Supreme Lord; their arrival shows that Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate object of spiritual aspiration.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates this to King Parīkṣit while describing the Kurukṣetra gathering and the Lord’s meetings with devotees and sages.
Cultivate sincere eagerness for the Lord by seeking sādhus, hearing Bhāgavatam, and prioritizing devotional practices that bring one closer to Kṛṣṇa’s presence.