Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 Chapter 13 Verse 18

tac chrinvan su-pathan vicārana-paro bhaktyā vimucyen narah

SYNONYMS

śrīmat-bhāgavatam — Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; purānam — the Purāna; amalam — perfectly pure; yat — which; vaishnavānām — to the Vaishnavas; priyam — most dear; yasmin — in which; pāramahamsyam — attainable by the topmost devotees; ekam — exclusive; amalam — perfectly pure; jñānam — knowledge; param — supreme; gīyate — is sung; tatra — there; jñāna-virāga-bhakti-sahitam — together with knowledge, renunciation and devotion; naishkarmyam — freedom from all material work; āvishkritam — is revealed; tat — that; śrinvan — hearing; su-pathan — properly chanting; vicārana-parah — who is serious about understanding; bhaktyā — with devotion; vimucyet — becomes totally liberated; narah — a person.

TRANSLATION

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the spotless Purāna. It is most dear to the Vaishnavas because it describes the pure and supreme knowledge of the paramahamsas. This Bhāgavatam 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 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, who properly hears and chants it with devotion, becomes completely liberated.

PURPORT

Because Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 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 pāramahamsyam indicates that even completely liberated souls are eager to hear and narrate Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. 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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