Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 05/07/2011 - 06/07/2011

SB 12.13.18

srimad-bhagavatam puranam amalam yad vaisnavanam priyam
yasmin paramahamsyam ekam amalam jñanam param giyate
tatra jñana-viraga-bhakti-sahitam naiskarmyam aviskrtam
tac chrnvan su-pathan vicarana-paro bhaktya vimucyen narah

 

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

 

Srimad-Bhagavatam is the spotless Purana. It is most dear to the Vaisnavas 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.

Suta Gosvami

 SB 12.13.23

nama-sankirtanam yasya
sarva-papa pranasanam
pranamo duhkha-samanas
tam namami harim param
 
nama-sankirtanam—the congregational chanting of thholy name; yasya—of whom; sarva-papa—all sins; pranasanam—which destroys; pranamah—the bowing down; duhkha—misery; samanah—which subdues; tam—to Him; namami—I offer my obeisances; harim—to Lord Hari; param—the Supreme.

 

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Hari, the congregational chanting of whose holy names destroys all sinful reactions, and the offering of obeisances unto whom relieves all material suffering.

Suta Gosvami

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