Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.8.41
श्रीशुक उवाच
य इदं शृणुयात्काले यो धारयति चादृत: ।
तं नमस्यन्ति भूतानि मुच्यते सर्वतो भयात् ॥ ४१ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
ya idaṁ śṛṇuyāt kāle
[ya idam shrinuyaat kaale]
yo dhārayati cādṛtaḥ
[yo dhaarayati chaadritah]
taṁ namasyanti bhūtāni
[tam namasyanti bhootaani]
mucyate sarvato bhayāt
[muchyate sarvato bhayaat]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
yaḥ
—
anyone who
idam
—
this
śṛṇuyāt
—
may hear
kāle
—
at a time of fear
yaḥ
—
anyone who
dhārayati
—
employs this prayer
ca
—
also
ādṛtaḥ
—
with faith and adoration
tam
—
unto him
namasyanti
—
offer respectful obeisances
bhūtāni
—
all living beings
mucyate
—
is released
sarvataḥ
—
from all
bhayāt
—
fearful conditions.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
ya idaṁ śṛṇuyāt kāle
yaḥ
anyone who
idam
this
śṛṇuyāt
may hear
kāle
at a time of fear
yo dhārayati cādṛtaḥ
yaḥ
anyone who
dhārayati
employs this prayer
ca
also
ādṛtaḥ
with faith and adoration
taṁ namasyanti bhūtāni
tam
unto him
namasyanti
offer respectful obeisances
bhūtāni
all living beings
mucyate sarvato bhayāt
mucyate
is released
sarvataḥ
from all
bhayāt
fearful conditions.
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear Mahārāja Parīkṣit, one who employs this armor or hears about it with faith and veneration when afraid because of any conditions in the material world is immediately freed from all dangers and is worshiped by all living entities.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva said: One who employs this armor or hears about it with faith is immediately freed from all dangers and is worshiped by all living entities.
Personal Guidance
One who employs or even faithfully hears this armor is freed from all dangers and worshiped by all living entities. Faithful hearing is itself a form of wearing the shield.
Reflection Questions
- How often do I 'hear' a sacred text without faith and venerate it again with faith?
- Could simply listening more attentively this week be the protection I need?
My note
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