Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.3.46

śrutaḥ sańkīrtito dhyātaḥ

pūjitaś cādṛto 'pi vā

nṛṇāḿ dhunoti bhagavān

hṛt-stho janmāyutāśubham

SYNONYMS

śrutaḥ — heard; sańkīrtitaḥ — glorified; dhyātaḥ — meditated upon; pūjitaḥ — worshiped; ca — and; ādṛtaḥ — venerated; api — even; vā — or; nṛṇām — of men; dhunoti — cleanses away; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; hṛt-sthaḥ — seated within their hearts; janma-ayuta — of thousands of births; aśubham — the inauspicious contamination.

TRANSLATION

If a person hears about, glorifies, meditates upon, worships or simply offers great respect to the Supreme Lord, who is situated within the heart, the Lord will remove from his mind the contamination accumulated during many thousands of lifetimes.

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