Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 Chapter 13 Verse 18

tac chrinvan su-pathan vicarana-paro bhaktya vimucyen narah

SYNONYMS

srimat-bhagavatam -- Srimad-Bhagavatam; puranam -- the Purana; amalam -- perfectly pure; yat -- which; vaishnavanam -- to the Vaishnavas; priyam -- most dear; yasmin -- in which; paramahamsyam -- attainable by the topmost devotees; ekam -- exclusive; amalam -- perfectly pure; jnanam -- knowledge; param -- supreme; giyate -- is sung; tatra -- there; jnana-viraga-bhakti-sahitam -- together with knowledge, renunciation and devotion; naishkarmyam -- freedom from all material work; avishkritam -- is revealed; tat -- that; srinvan -- hearing; su-pathan -- properly chanting; vicarana-parah -- who is serious about understanding; bhaktya -- with devotion; vimucyet -- becomes totally liberated; narah -- a person.

TRANSLATION

Srimad-Bhagavatam is the spotless Purana. It is most dear to the Vaishnavas because it describes the pure and supreme knowledge of the paramahamsas. This Bhagavatam reveals the means for becoming free from all material work, together with the processes of transcendental knowledge, renunciation and devotion. Anyone who seriously tries to understand Srimad-Bhagavatam, who properly hears and chants it with devotion, becomes completely liberated.

PURPORT

Because Srimad-Bhagavatam is completely free of contamination by the modes of nature, it is endowed with extraordinary spiritual beauty and is therefore dear to the pure devotees of the Lord. The word paramahamsyam indicates that even completely liberated souls are eager to hear and narrate Srimad-Bhagavatam. Those who are trying to be liberated should faithfully serve this literature by hearing and reciting it with faith and devotion.

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