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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.29.84

ఏతన్ముకున్దయశసా భువనం పునానం దేవర్షివర్యముఖని:సృతమాత్మశౌచమ్ । య: కీర్త్యమానమధిగచ్ఛతి పారమేష్ఠ్యం నాస్మిన్ భవే భ్రమతి ముక్తసమస్తబన్ధ: ॥ ౮౪ ॥
etan mukunda-yaśasā bhuvanaṁ punānaṁ
[etan mukunda-yashasaa bhuvanam punaanam]
devarṣi-varya-mukha-niḥsṛtam ātma-śaucam
[devarshi-varya-mukha-nihsritam aatma-shaucham]
yaḥ kīrtyamānam adhigacchati pārameṣṭhyaṁ
[yah keertyamaanam adhigachchati paarameshthyam]
nāsmin bhave bhramati mukta-samasta-bandhaḥ
[naasmin bhave bhramati mukta-samasta-bandhah]
etat — this narration mukunda-yaśasā — with the fame of Lord Kṛṣṇa bhuvanam — this material world punānam — sanctifying deva-ṛṣi — of the great sages varya — of the chief mukha — from the mouth niḥsṛtam — uttered ātma-śaucam — purifying the heart yaḥ — anyone who kīrtyamānam — being chanted adhigacchati — goes back pārameṣṭhyam — to the spiritual world na — never asmin — in this bhave — material world bhramati — wanders mukta — being liberated samasta — from all bandhaḥ — bondage.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
etan mukunda-yaśasā bhuvanaṁ punānaṁ
etat
this narration
mukunda-yaśasā
with the fame of Lord Kṛṣṇa
bhuvanam
this material world
punānam
sanctifying
devarṣi-varya-mukha-niḥsṛtam ātma-śaucam
deva-ṛṣi
of the great sages
varya
of the chief
mukha
from the mouth
niḥsṛtam
uttered
ātma-śaucam
purifying the heart
yaḥ kīrtyamānam adhigacchati pārameṣṭhyaṁ
yaḥ
anyone who
kīrtyamānam
being chanted
adhigacchati
goes back
pārameṣṭhyam
to the spiritual world
nāsmin bhave bhramati mukta-samasta-bandhaḥ
na
never
asmin
in this
bhave
material world
bhramati
wanders
mukta
being liberated
samasta
from all
bandhaḥ
bondage.
This narration spoken by the great sage Nārada is full of the transcendental fame of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently this narration, when described, certainly sanctifies this material world. It purifies the heart of the living entity and helps him attain his spiritual identity. One who relates this transcendental narration will be liberated from all material bondage and will no longer have to wander within this material world.

As indicated in verse 79, Nārada Muni advised King Prācīnabarhi to take to devotional service rather than waste time performing ritualistic ceremonies and fruitive activities. The vivid descriptions of the subtle and gross bodies in this chapter are most scientific, and because they are given by the great sage Nārada, they are authoritative. Because these narrations are full of the glory of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they constitute the most effective process for the purification of the mind. As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirmed, ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam. The more we talk of Kṛṣṇa, think of Kṛṣṇa and preach for Kṛṣṇa, the more we become purified. This means we no longer have to accept a hallucinatory gross and subtle body, but instead attain our spiritual identity. One who tries to understand this instructive spiritual knowledge is delivered from this ocean of nescience. The word pārameṣṭhyam is very significant in this connection. Pārameṣṭhyam is also called Brahmaloka; it is the planet on which Lord Brahmā lives. The inhabitants of Brahmaloka always discuss such narrations so that after the annihilation of the material world they can be directly transferred to the spiritual world. One who is transferred to the spiritual world does not have to go up and down within this material world. Sometimes spiritual activities are also called pārameṣṭhyam.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
One who studies this story filled with the glories of Mukunda which is purifying for the whole world and purifying for the soul, which flowed from the mouth of Nārada and is continually sung by Brahmā becomes free from all bondage and does not wander in the material world. This story glories Mukunda by showing how bhakti is superior to karma. Or it can be taken as a reference to verse 29 of this chapter: tasmin mahan-mukharitā madhubhic-caritra-pīyūṣa-śeṣa-saritaḥ paritaḥ sravanti: Profuse streams of nectar of the pastimes of the Lord emanating from the mouths of the saintly devotees, the mahāprasāda of the devotees, flow everywhere. SB 4.29.40 Pārameṣṭhyam means “activities of the Lord.” It can also mean “glorified by Brahmā.”
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