Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.46
श्रुत: सङ्कीर्तितो ध्यात: पूजितश्चादृतोऽपि वा ।
नृणां धुनोति भगवान् हृत्स्थो जन्मायुताशुभम् ॥ ४६ ॥
śrutaḥ saṅkīrtito dhyātaḥ
[shrutah sankeertito dhyaatah]
pūjitaś cādṛto ’pi vā
[poojitash chaadrito ’pi vaa]
nṛṇāṁ dhunoti bhagavān
[nrinaam dhunoti bhagavaan]
hṛt-stho janmāyutāśubham
[hrit-stho janmaayutaashubham]
Word-for-word
śrutaḥ
—
heard
saṅkīrtitaḥ
—
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrutaḥ saṅkīrtito dhyātaḥ
śrutaḥ
heard
saṅkīrtitaḥ
glorified
dhyātaḥ
meditated upon
pūjitaś cādṛto ’pi vā
pūjitaḥ
worshiped
ca
and
ādṛtaḥ
venerated
api
even
vā
or
nṛṇāṁ dhunoti bhagavān
nṛṇām
of men
dhunoti
cleanses away
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
hṛt-stho janmāyutāśubham
hṛt-sthaḥ
seated within their hearts
janma-ayuta
of thousands of births
aśubham
the inauspicious contamination.
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
If a person hears about, glorifies, meditates upon, worships or simply offers great respect to the Supreme Lord, who is remembered within the heart, the Lord will remove from his mind the contamination accumulated during many thousands of lifetimes.
Hṛt-sthaḥ means the Lord who is remembered in one’s heart. Not only the faults of Kali are removed but all reactions sins committed far in the past and recently are all destroyed.
Personal Guidance
Hearing, glorifying, meditating, worshiping, or even simply respecting the Lord in the heart removes contamination from thousands of lifetimes. The threshold of mercy is remarkably low; the reader steps over it daily.
Reflection Questions
- Which of these five — hear, glorify, meditate, worship, respect — am I most drawn to today?
- What is the smallest version I can do right now?
My note
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