Bhagavatapurana 3.13.51

3.13.51

ko nāma loke puruṣārtha-sāravit purā-kathānāṃ bhagavat-kathā-sudhām /
āpīya karṇāñjalibhir bhavāpahām aho virajyeta vinā naretaram //

50. Having realised the supreme purpose of man and having once drunk, through the ear (like unto joined hands), the nectar of the Lord's story inthe midst of many other stories of the past—the story which redeems man from Samsara, who would

indeed in this world cease to have a charm for it, unless he be something other than man?