Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 47-48


Sanskrit:

य एतं परमं गुह्यमितिहासमघापहम् ।श‍ृणुयाच्छ्रद्धया युक्तो यश्च भक्त्यानुकीर्तयेत् ॥ ४७ ॥न वै स नरकं याति नेक्षितो यमकिङ्करै: ।यद्यप्यमङ्गलो मर्त्यो विष्णुलोके महीयते ॥ ४८ ॥

ITRANS:

ya etaṁ paramaṁ guhyamitihāsam aghāpahamśṛṇuyāc chraddhayā yuktoyaś ca bhaktyānukīrtayet

Translation:

Because this very confidential historical narration has the potency to vanquish all sinful reactions, one who hears or describes it with faith and devotion is no longer doomed to hellish life, regardless of his having a material body and regardless of how sinful he may have been. Indeed, the Yamadūtas, who carry out the orders of Yamarāja, do not approach him even to see him. After giving up his body, he returns home, back to Godhead, where he is very respectfully received and worshiped.

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