Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 10: Lord Śiva and Umā Glorify Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.10.42

ya evam etad bhṛgu-varya varṇitaḿ

rathāńga-pāṇer anubhāva-bhāvitam

saḿśrāvayet saḿśṛṇuyād u tāv ubhau

tayor na karmāśaya-saḿsṛtir bhavet

SYNONYMS

yaḥ — who; evam — thus; etat — this; bhṛgu-varyaO best of the descendants of Bhṛgu (Śaunaka); varṇitam — described; ratha-ańga-pāṇeḥ — of Lord Śrī Hari, who carries a chariot wheel in His hand; anubhāva — with the potency; bhāvitam — infused; saḿśrāvayet — causes anyone to hear; saḿśṛṇuyāt — himself hears; u — or; tau — they; ubhau — both; tayoḥ — of them; na — not; karma-āśaya — based on the mentality of fruitive work; saḿsṛtiḥ — the cycle of material life; bhavet — there is.

TRANSLATION

O best of the Bhṛgus, this account concerning Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi conveys the transcendental potency of the Supreme Lord. Anyone who properly narrates or hears it will never again undergo material existence, which is based on the desire to perform fruitive activities.

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Twelfth Canto, Tenth Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Lord Śiva and Umā Glorify Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi."

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