SB 8.24.60 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.24.60

अवतारं हरेर्योऽयं कीर्तयेदन्वहं नर: । सङ्कल्पास्तस्य सिध्यन्ति स याति परमां गतिम् ॥ ६० ॥

avatāraṁ harer yo ’yaṁ

[avataaram harer yo ’yam]

kīrtayed anvahaṁ naraḥ

[keertayed anvaham narah]

saṅkalpās tasya sidhyanti

[sankalpaas tasya sidhyanti]

sa yāti paramāṁ gatim

[sa yaati paramaam gatim]

Word-for-word

avatāram — incarnation hareḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead yaḥ — whoever ayam — he kīrtayet — narrates and chants anvaham — daily naraḥ — such a person saṅkalpāḥ — all ambitions tasya — of him sidhyanti — become successful saḥ — such a person yāti — goes back paramām gatim — back home to Godhead, the supreme place.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

avatāraṁ harer yo ’yaṁ

avatāram

incarnation

hareḥ

of the Supreme Personality of Godhead

yaḥ

whoever

kīrtayed anvahaṁ naraḥ

ayam

kīrtayet

narrates and chants

anvaham

daily

naraḥ

such a person

saṅkalpās tasya sidhyanti

saṅkalpāḥ

all ambitions

tasya

of him

sidhyanti

become successful

sa yāti paramāṁ gatim

saḥ

such a person

yāti

goes back

paramām gatim

back home to Godhead, the supreme place.

One who narrates this description of the Matsya incarnation and King Satyavrata will certainly have all his ambitions fulfilled, and he will undoubtedly return home, back to Godhead.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

One who daily narrates this description of the Matsya incarnation will certainly have all his ambitions fulfilled and he will go to Vaikuṇṭha.

Personal Guidance

One who narrates this Matsya story will have all ambitions fulfilled and undoubtedly return home, back to Godhead. Telling the story, not just hearing, has its own potency. We are made narrators by the practice.

Reflection Questions

When did I last narrate a divine story to someone — and what did it do in me?
Where could I become more of a narrator and less of just a hearer?

📝 My note

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