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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.29.83

एतदध्यात्मपारोक्ष्यं गीतं देवर्षिणानघ । य: श्रावयेद्य: श‍ृणुयात्स लिङ्गेन विमुच्यते ॥ ८३ ॥
etad adhyātma-pārokṣyaṁ
[etad adhyaatma-paarokshyam]
gītaṁ devarṣiṇānagha
[geetam devarshinaanagha]
yaḥ śrāvayed yaḥ śṛṇuyāt
[yah shraavayed yah shrinuyaat]
sa liṅgena vimucyate
[sa lingena vimuchyate]
Word-for-word
etat — this adhyātma — spiritual pārokṣyam — authorized description gītam — narrated deva-ṛṣiṇā — by the great sage Nārada anagha — O spotless Vidura yaḥ — anyone who śrāvayet — may describe yaḥ — anyone who śṛṇuyāt — may hear saḥ — he liṅgena — from the bodily concept of life vimucyate — becomes delivered.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
etad adhyātma-pārokṣyaṁ
etat
this
adhyātma
spiritual
pārokṣyam
authorized description
gītaṁ devarṣiṇānagha
gītam
narrated
deva-ṛṣiṇā
by the great sage Nārada
anagha
O spotless Vidura
yaḥ śrāvayed yaḥ śṛṇuyāt
yaḥ
anyone who
śrāvayet
may describe
yaḥ
anyone who
śṛṇuyāt
may hear
sa liṅgena vimucyate
saḥ
he
liṅgena
from the bodily concept of life
vimucyate
becomes delivered.
My dear Vidura, one who hears this narration concerning the understanding of the living entity’s spiritual existence, as described by the great sage Nārada, or who relates it to others, will be liberated from the bodily conception of life.
Purport

This material creation is the spirit soul’s dream. Actually all existence in the material world is a dream of Mahā-Viṣṇu, as the Brahma-saṁhitā describes:

yaḥ kāraṇārṇava-jale bhajati sma yoga- nidrām ananta-jagad-aṇḍa-saroma-kūpaḥ

This material world is created by the dreaming of Mahā-Viṣṇu. The real, factual platform is the spiritual world, but when the spirit soul wants to imitate the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is put into this dreamland of material creation. After being in contact with the material modes of nature, the living entity develops the subtle and gross bodies. When the living entity is fortunate enough to associate with Śrī Nārada Mahāmuni or his servants, he is liberated from this dreamland of material creation and the bodily conception of life.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O sinless Vidura! One who hears or makes others hear this allegorical story of spiritual life sung by Nārada becomes freed from the subtle body.
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Personal Guidance
One who hears or repeats this narration is liberated from the bodily conception. The narration itself is the medicine; tell it, hear it, and the conception dissolves.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose ear have I not yet poured this into?
  • Where does my own re-hearing need more attention?
📝 My note

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