My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because of my association with material desires, one after another, I was gradually falling into a blind well full of snakes, following the general populace. But Your servant Nārada Muni kindly accepted me as his disciple and instructed me how to achieve this transcendental position. Therefore, my first duty is to serve him. How could I leave his service?
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
एवं जनं निपतितं प्रभवाहिकूपे कामाभिकाममनु यः प्रपतन् प्रसङ्गात् । कृत्वाऽऽत्मसात्सुरर्षिणा भगवन् गृहीतः सोऽहं कथं नु विसृजे तव भृत्यसेवाम्
evaṃ janaṃ nipatitaṃ prabhavāhikūpe kāmābhikāmamanu yaḥ prapatan prasaṅgāt | kṛtvā''tmasātsurarṣiṇā bhagavan gṛhītaḥ so'haṃ kathaṃ nu visṛje tava bhṛtyasevām
SB 7.9.28