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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.5.21

कर्मावदातमेतत् ते गायन्ति स्व:स्त्रियो मुहु: । कीर्तिं परमपुण्यां च कीर्तयिष्यति भूरियम् ॥ २१ ॥
karmāvadātam etat te
[karmaavadaatam etat te]
gāyanti svaḥ-striyo muhuḥ
[gaayanti svah-striyo muhuh]
kīrtiṁ parama-puṇyāṁ ca
[keertim parama-punyaam cha]
kīrtayiṣyati bhūr iyam
[keertayishyati bhoor iyam]
Word-for-word
karma — activity avadātam — without any tinge etat — all this te — your gāyanti — will sing svaḥ-striyaḥ — women from the heavenly planets muhuḥ — always kīrtim — glories parama-puṇyām — highly glorified and pious ca — also kīrtayiṣyati — will continuously chant bhūḥ — the whole world iyam — this.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
karmāvadātam etat te
karma
activity
avadātam
without any tinge
etat
all this
te
your
gāyanti svaḥ-striyo muhuḥ
gāyanti
will sing
svaḥ-striyaḥ
women from the heavenly planets
muhuḥ
always
kīrtiṁ parama-puṇyāṁ ca
kīrtim
glories
parama-puṇyām
highly glorified and pious
ca
also
kīrtayiṣyati bhūr iyam
kīrtayiṣyati
will continuously chant
bhūḥ
the whole world
iyam
this.
All the blessed women in the heavenly planets will continuously chant about your spotless character at every moment, and the people of this world will also chant your glories continuously.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
All the blessed women in the heavenly planets will continuously chant about your spotless activities at every moment, and the people of this world will also chant your most purifying glories continuously. Avadātam means pure.
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Pure character is not a private matter — it becomes sung about in higher worlds and lower ones alike. The way we live now is already being recorded in the memory of devotees yet to come.
Reflection Questions
  • If my character were sung about a hundred years from now, what verses would be true?
  • What single habit, if I corrected it, would most improve the 'song' my life is currently composing?
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