Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.5.52

itihāsam imaḿ puṇyaḿ

dhārayed yaḥ samāhitaḥ

sa vidhūyeha śamalaḿ

brahma-bhūyāya kalpate

SYNONYMS

itihāsam — historical account; imam — this; puṇyam — pious; dhārayet — meditates upon; yaḥ — who; samāhitaḥ — with fixed attention; saḥ — he; vidhūya — cleaning off; iha — in this very life; śamalam — contamination; brahma-bhūyāya — the supreme spiritual perfection; kalpate — achieves.

TRANSLATION

Anyone who meditates on this pious historical narration with fixed attention will purify himself of all contamination in this very life and thus achieve the highest spiritual perfection.

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Eleventh Canto, Fifth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Nārada Concludes His Teachings to Vasudeva."

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