🪷 ŚB 4.23.31

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

य इदं सुमहत्पुण्यं श्रद्धयावहित: पठेत् । श्रावयेच्छृणुयाद्वापि स पृथो: पदवीमियात् ॥ ३१ ॥

Transliteration

ya idaṁ sumahat puṇyaṁ śraddhayāvahitaḥ paṭhet śrāvayec chṛṇuyād vāpi sa pṛthoḥ padavīm iyāt
Synonyms
yaḥ — anyone; idam — this; su-mahat — very great; puṇyam — pious; śraddhayā — with great faith; avahitaḥ — with great attention; paṭhet — reads; śrāvayet — explains; śṛṇuyāt — hears; vā — or; api — certainly; saḥ — that person; pṛthoḥ — of King Pṛthu; padavīm — situation; iyāt — attains.

Translation

Any person who describes the great characteristics of King Pṛthu with faith and determination — whether he reads or hears of them himself or helps others to hear of them — is certain to attain the very planet which Mahārāja Pṛthu attained. In other words, such a person also returns home to the Vaikuṇṭha planets, back to Godhead.

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ŚB 4.23.31requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 4.23parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 4parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā source-walk inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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