Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 2
SB 6 2.1
श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच एवं ते भगवद्दूता यमदूताभिभाषितम् उपधार्याथ तान् राजन् प्रत्याहुर्नयकोविदाः
śrībādarāyaṇiruvāca evaṃ te bhagavaddūtā yamadūtābhibhāṣitam upadhāryātha tān rājan pratyāhurnayakovidāḥ
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Having thus heard what was spoken by Yama's messengers, O king, those messengers of the Lord, skilled in right reasoning, replied to them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.2
श्रीविष्णुदूता ऊचुः अहो कष्टं धर्मदृशामधर्मः स्पृशते सभाम् यत्रादण्ड्येष्वपापेषु दण्डो यैर्ध्रियते वृथा
śrīviṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ aho kaṣṭaṃ dharmadṛśāmadharmaḥ spṛśate sabhām yatrādaṇḍyeṣvapāpeṣu daṇḍo yairdhriyate vṛthā
The messengers of Viṣṇu said: Alas, what a calamity, that unrighteousness touches the assembly of those who see by dharma, where punishment is pointlessly applied by them to the unpunishable and the sinless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.3
प्रजानां पितरो ये च शास्तारः साधवः समाः यदि स्यात् तेषु वैषम्यं कं यान्ति शरणं प्रजाः
prajānāṃ pitaro ye ca śāstāraḥ sādhavaḥ samāḥ yadi syāt teṣu vaiṣamyaṃ kaṃ yānti śaraṇaṃ prajāḥ
If among those who are the fathers of the people, and their rulers, good and impartial, there should be partiality, to whom do the people go for refuge?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.4
यद्यदाचरति श्रेयान् इतरस्तत् तदीहते स यत् प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते
yadyadācarati śreyān itarastat tadīhate sa yat pramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate
Whatever the better man does, that the other strives after; whatever standard he sets, the world follows it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.5
यस्याङ्के शिर आधाय लोकः स्वपिति निर्वृतः स्वयं धर्ममधर्मं वा न हि वेद यथा पशुः
yasyāṅke śira ādhāya lokaḥ svapiti nirvṛtaḥ svayaṃ dharmamadharmaṃ vā na hi veda yathā paśuḥ
In whose lap the world lays its head and sleeps at ease, itself not knowing dharma from adharma, like an animal—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.6
स कथं न्यर्पितात्मानं कृतमैत्रमचेतनम् विस्रम्भणीयो भूतानां सघृणो दोग्धुमर्हति
sa kathaṃ nyarpitātmānaṃ kṛtamaitramacetanam visrambhaṇīyo bhūtānāṃ saghṛṇo dogdhumarhati
How, then, does he—who is worthy of the trust of living beings and is compassionate—deserve to milk (i.e. exact from) a man who had surrendered himself, who had made friendship (with the Lord), and who was unconscious?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.7
अयं हि कृतनिर्वेशो जन्मकोट्यंहसामपि यद्व्याजहार विवशो नाम स्वस्त्ययनं हरेः
ayaṃ hi kṛtanirveśo janmakoṭyaṃhasāmapi yadvyājahāra vivaśo nāma svastyayanaṃ hareḥ
For this man has performed the expiation even of the sins of ten million births, in that, helpless (as he was), he uttered the name of Hari, which is the way to well-being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.8
एतेनैव ह्य् अघोनो ऽस्य कृतं स्यादघनिष्कृतम् यदा नारायणायेति जगाद चतुरक्षरम्
etenaiva hy aghono 'sya kṛtaṃ syādaghaniṣkṛtam yadā nārāyaṇāyeti jagāda caturakṣaram
For by this very act the atonement for the sin of this sinful man would have been accomplished, when he uttered the four syllables, "to Nārāyaṇa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.9
स्तेनः सुरापो मित्रध्रुग् ब्रह्महा गुरुतल्पगः स्त्रीराजपितृगोहन्ता ये च पातकिनो ऽपरे
stenaḥ surāpo mitradhrug brahmahā gurutalpagaḥ strīrājapitṛgohantā ye ca pātakino 'pare
A thief, a drinker of liquor, a betrayer of a friend, a killer of a brahmin, one who violates his teacher's bed, a killer of a woman, a king, a father, or a cow, and whatever other grievous sinners there are—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.10
सर्वेषामप्य् अघवतामिदमेव सुनिष्कृतम् नामव्याहरणं विष्णोर्यतस्तद्विषया मतिः
sarveṣāmapy aghavatāmidameva suniṣkṛtam nāmavyāharaṇaṃ viṣṇoryatastadviṣayā matiḥ
—for all these who bear sin, this alone is the good atonement: the uttering of Viṣṇu's name, since thereby the mind takes Him for its object.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.11
न निष्कृतैरुदितैर्ब्रह्मवादिभिस् तथा विशुद्ध्यत्य् अघवान् व्रतादिभिः यथा हरेर्नामपदैरुदाहृतैस् तदुत्तमश्लोकगुणोपलम्भकम्
na niṣkṛtairuditairbrahmavādibhis tathā viśuddhyaty aghavān vratādibhiḥ yathā harernāmapadairudāhṛtais taduttamaślokaguṇopalambhakam
A sinful man is not so thoroughly purified by the atonements declared by the expounders of the Veda, by vows and the rest, as (he is) by the uttered words that are Hari's names, which bring about the apprehension of the qualities of Him of excellent renown.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.12
नैकान्तिकं तद्धि कृते ऽपि निष्कृते मनः पुनर्धावति चेदसत्पथे तत् कर्मनिर्हारमभीप्सतां हरेर् गुणानुवादः खलु सत्त्वभावनः
naikāntikaṃ taddhi kṛte 'pi niṣkṛte manaḥ punardhāvati cedasatpathe tat karmanirhāramabhīpsatāṃ harer guṇānuvādaḥ khalu sattvabhāvanaḥ
For that (purification) is not certain: even when the atonement has been performed, the mind runs once more on the path of evil. Therefore, for those who wish for the removal of (the effects of) their deeds, it is the recital of Hari's qualities that truly produces purity (sattva).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.13
अथैनं मापनयत कृताशेषाघनिष्कृतम् यदसौ भगवन्नाम म्रियमाणः समग्रहीत्
athainaṃ māpanayata kṛtāśeṣāghaniṣkṛtam yadasau bhagavannāma mriyamāṇaḥ samagrahīt
So do not take this man away, for he has accomplished the atonement for all his sin, in that, while dying, he took up the name of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.14
साङ्केत्यं पारिहास्यं वा स्तोभं हेलनमेव वा वैकुण्ठनामग्रहणमशेषाघहरं विदुः
sāṅketyaṃ pārihāsyaṃ vā stobhaṃ helanameva vā vaikuṇṭhanāmagrahaṇamaśeṣāghaharaṃ viduḥ
They know that the uttering of the name of Vaikuṇṭha's Lord removes all sin—whether (it be) as a signal (for something else), in jest, as a musical filler, or even in contempt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.15
पतितः स्खलितो भग्नः सन्दष्टस्तप्त आहतः हरिरित्य् अवशेनाह पुमान् नार्हति यातनाः
patitaḥ skhalito bhagnaḥ sandaṣṭastapta āhataḥ haririty avaśenāha pumān nārhati yātanāḥ
When a man has fallen, stumbled, been broken, bitten, burned, or struck, and says "Hari!" without control (of himself), he does not deserve the torments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.16
गुरूणां च लघूनां च गुरूणि च लघूनि च प्रायश्चित्तानि पापानां ज्ञात्वोक्तानि महर्षिभिः
gurūṇāṃ ca laghūnāṃ ca gurūṇi ca laghūni ca prāyaścittāni pāpānāṃ jñātvoktāni maharṣibhiḥ
The great sages, knowing (the matter), have declared expiations for sins—heavy ones and light ones—for heavy and for light (sins respectively).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.17
तैस्तान्य् अघानि पूयन्ते तपोदानव्रतादिभिः नाधर्मजं तद्धृदयं तदपीशाङ्घ्रिसेवया
taistāny aghāni pūyante tapodānavratādibhiḥ nādharmajaṃ taddhṛdayaṃ tadapīśāṅghrisevayā
By those (means)—austerity, giving, vows and the rest—those sins are cleansed; but the heart that is born of unrighteousness is not; that too (is cleansed) by service to the Lord's feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.18
अज्ञानादथवा ज्ञानादुत्तमश्लोकनाम यत् सङ्कीर्तितमघं पुंसो दहेदेधो यथानलः
ajñānādathavā jñānāduttamaślokanāma yat saṅkīrtitamaghaṃ puṃso dahededho yathānalaḥ
Whether from ignorance or with knowledge, the name of Him of excellent renown, when well recited, would burn up a man's sin, as fire burns fuel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.19
यथागदं वीर्यतममुपयुक्तं यदृच्छया अजानतो ऽप्य् आत्मगुणं कुर्यान् मन्त्रो ऽप्य् उदाहृतः
yathāgadaṃ vīryatamamupayuktaṃ yadṛcchayā ajānato 'py ātmaguṇaṃ kuryān mantro 'py udāhṛtaḥ
Just as a most potent medicine, taken by chance, acts by its own inherent power even for one who does not know (it), so too does a sacred formula that has been pronounced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.20
श्रीशुक उवाच त एवं सुविनिर्णीय धर्मं भागवतं नृप तं याम्यपाशान् निर्मुच्य विप्रं मृत्योरमूमुचन्
śrīśuka uvāca ta evaṃ suvinirṇīya dharmaṃ bhāgavataṃ nṛpa taṃ yāmyapāśān nirmucya vipraṃ mṛtyoramūmucan
Śrī Śuka said: O king, having thus well determined the dharma that pertains to the Lord, they freed that brahmin from the nooses of Yama and released him from death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.21
इति प्रत्युदिता याम्या दूता यात्वा यमान्तिकम् यमराज्ञे यथा सर्वमाचचक्षुररिन्दम
iti pratyuditā yāmyā dūtā yātvā yamāntikam yamarājñe yathā sarvamācacakṣurarindama
Thus answered, O subduer of foes, Yama's messengers went to Yama's presence and reported everything as it was to King Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.22
द्विजः पाशाद्विनिर्मुक्तो गतभीः प्रकृतिं गतः ववन्दे शिरसा विष्णोः किङ्करान् दर्शनोत्सवः
dvijaḥ pāśādvinirmukto gatabhīḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ vavande śirasā viṣṇoḥ kiṅkarān darśanotsavaḥ
The twice-born one, released from the noose, his fear gone, restored to his normal state, bowed with his head to the servants of Viṣṇu, rejoicing at the sight (of them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.23
तं विवक्षुमभिप्रेत्य महापुरुषकिङ्कराः सहसा पश्यतस्तस्य तत्रान्तर्दधिरे ऽनघ
taṃ vivakṣumabhipretya mahāpuruṣakiṅkarāḥ sahasā paśyatastasya tatrāntardadhire 'nagha
Perceiving that he wished to speak, the servants of the Supreme Person suddenly vanished there before his very eyes, O sinless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.24
अजामिलो ऽप्य् अथाकर्ण्य दूतानां यमकृष्णयोः धर्मं भागवतं शुद्धं त्रैवेद्यं च गुणाश्रयम्
ajāmilo 'py athākarṇya dūtānāṃ yamakṛṣṇayoḥ dharmaṃ bhāgavataṃ śuddhaṃ traivedyaṃ ca guṇāśrayam
And Ajāmila, having then heard from the messengers of Yama and of Kṛṣṇa the pure dharma pertaining to the Lord, and that of the three Vedas which rests upon the qualities (guṇas),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.25
भक्तिमान् भगवत्य् आशु माहात्म्यश्रवणाद्धरेः अनुतापो महान् आसीत् स्मरतो ऽशुभमात्मनः
bhaktimān bhagavaty āśu māhātmyaśravaṇāddhareḥ anutāpo mahān āsīt smarato 'śubhamātmanaḥ
became at once devoted to the Lord through hearing the greatness of Hari; and great remorse arose (in him) as he recalled his own impure conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.26
अहो मे परमं कष्टमभूदविजितात्मनः येन विप्लावितं ब्रह्म वृषल्यां जायतात्मना
aho me paramaṃ kaṣṭamabhūdavijitātmanaḥ yena viplāvitaṃ brahma vṛṣalyāṃ jāyatātmanā
"Alas, terrible has been my ruin, for I had no mastery over myself — by which my brahminhood was swept away when I begot children on a low-caste woman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.27
धिङ् मां विगर्हितं सद्भिर्दुष्कृतं कुलकज्जलम् हित्वा बालां सतीं यो ऽहं सुरापीमसतीमगाम्
dhiṅ māṃ vigarhitaṃ sadbhirduṣkṛtaṃ kulakajjalam hitvā bālāṃ satīṃ yo 'haṃ surāpīmasatīmagām
"Shame on me, condemned by the good, an evildoer, the soot of my family — I who abandoned a young, chaste wife and went to an unchaste liquor-drinking woman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.28
वृद्धावनाथौ पितरौ नान्यबन्धू तपस्विनौ अहो मयाधुना त्यक्तावकृतज्ञेन नीचवत्
vṛddhāvanāthau pitarau nānyabandhū tapasvinau aho mayādhunā tyaktāvakṛtajñena nīcavat
"Alas, my aged parents, helpless, with no other kinsman, given to austerity — they have now been abandoned by me, an ingrate, like a lowborn man."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.29
सो ऽहं व्यक्तं पतिष्यामि नरके भृशदारुणे धर्मघ्नाः कामिनो यत्र विन्दन्ति यमयातनाः
so 'haṃ vyaktaṃ patiṣyāmi narake bhṛśadāruṇe dharmaghnāḥ kāmino yatra vindanti yamayātanāḥ
"Such as I am, I shall clearly fall into a most fearsome hell, where lustful destroyers of dharma meet with the torments of Yama."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.30
किमिदं स्वप्न आहो स्वित् साक्षाद्दृष्टमिहाद्भुतम् क्व याता अद्य ते ये मां व्यकर्षन् पाशपाणयः
kimidaṃ svapna āho svit sākṣāddṛṣṭamihādbhutam kva yātā adya te ye māṃ vyakarṣan pāśapāṇayaḥ
"What is this? A dream, or something wondrous seen here with my own eyes? Where have they gone now, those noose-in-hand ones who were dragging me off?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.31
अथ ते क्व गताः सिद्धाश्चत्वारश्चारुदर्शनाः व्यामोचयन् नीयमानं बद्ध्वा पाशैरधो भुवः
atha te kva gatāḥ siddhāścatvāraścārudarśanāḥ vyāmocayan nīyamānaṃ baddhvā pāśairadho bhuvaḥ
"And where have they gone, those four perfected beings of lovely appearance, who released me as I was being led away bound with nooses below the earth?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.32
अथापि मे दुर्भगस्य विबुधोत्तमदर्शने भवितव्यं मङ्गलेन येनात्मा मे प्रसीदति
athāpi me durbhagasya vibudhottamadarśane bhavitavyaṃ maṅgalena yenātmā me prasīdati
"Yet, unlucky as I am, in seeing those best of gods there must have been some merit of mine, by which my heart now grows clear."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.33
अन्यथा म्रियमाणस्य नाशुचेर्वृषलीपतेः वैकुण्ठनामग्रहणं जिह्वा वक्तुमिहार्हति
anyathā mriyamāṇasya nāśucervṛṣalīpateḥ vaikuṇṭhanāmagrahaṇaṃ jihvā vaktumihārhati
"Otherwise, for one dying impure, the husband of a low-caste woman, the tongue here could not have been able to utter the pronouncing of Vaikuṇṭha's name."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.34
क्व चाहं कितवः पापो ब्रह्मघ्नो निरपत्रपः क्व च नारायणेत्य् एतद्भगवन्नाम मङ्गलम्
kva cāhaṃ kitavaḥ pāpo brahmaghno nirapatrapaḥ kva ca nārāyaṇety etadbhagavannāma maṅgalam
"Where am I — a cheat, a sinner, a killer of brahminhood, shameless — and where this auspicious name of the Lord, 'Nārāyaṇa'?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.35
सो ऽहं तथा यतिष्यामि यतचित्तेन्द्रियानिलः यथा न भूय आत्मानमन्धे तमसि मज्जये
so 'haṃ tathā yatiṣyāmi yatacittendriyānilaḥ yathā na bhūya ātmānamandhe tamasi majjaye
"Such as I am, I shall so strive, restraining mind, senses and breath, that I may not again sink myself in blind darkness."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.36
विमुच्य तमिमं बन्धमविद्याकामकर्मजम् सर्वभूतसुहृच् छान्तो मैत्रः करुण आत्मवान्
vimucya tamimaṃ bandhamavidyākāmakarmajam sarvabhūtasuhṛc chānto maitraḥ karuṇa ātmavān
"Freeing myself from this bondage born of ignorance, desire and action, (I shall become) the friend of all beings, calm, kindly, compassionate, self-possessed;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.37
मोचये ग्रस्तमात्मानं योषिन्मय्यात्ममायया विक्रीडितो ययैवाहं क्रीडामृग इवाधमः
mocaye grastamātmānaṃ yoṣinmayyātmamāyayā vikrīḍito yayaivāhaṃ krīḍāmṛga ivādhamaḥ
"I shall release the self that is swallowed up by the Lord's own māyā in the form of woman, by which I have been played with, wretched as I am, like a beast kept for sport."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.38
ममाहमिति देहादौ हित्वामिथ्यार्थधीर्मतिम् धास्ये मनो भगवति शुद्धं तत्कीर्तनादिभिः
mamāhamiti dehādau hitvāmithyārthadhīrmatim dhāsye mano bhagavati śuddhaṃ tatkīrtanādibhiḥ
"Abandoning the notion 'I' and 'mine' in the body and the rest — a mind that takes the false for the real — I shall fix my mind, made pure, on the Lord by chanting of him and the like."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.39
श्रीशुक उवाच इति जातसुनिर्वेदः क्षणसङ्गेन साधुषु गङ्गाद्वारमुपेयाय मुक्तसर्वानुबन्धनः
śrīśuka uvāca iti jātasunirvedaḥ kṣaṇasaṅgena sādhuṣu gaṅgādvāramupeyāya muktasarvānubandhanaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Thus, deep detachment having arisen in him from a moment's company with the good, he went to Gaṅgādvāra, free of all attachments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.40
स तस्मिन् देवसदन आसीनो योगमास्थितः प्रत्याहृतेन्द्रियग्रामो युयोज मन आत्मनि
sa tasmin devasadana āsīno yogamāsthitaḥ pratyāhṛtendriyagrāmo yuyoja mana ātmani
Seated there in the abode of the gods, established in yoga, having withdrawn the whole host of his senses, he joined his mind to the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.41
ततो गुणेभ्य आत्मानं वियुज्यात्मसमाधिना युयुजे भगवद्धाम्नि ब्रह्मण्य् अनुभवात्मनि
tato guṇebhya ātmānaṃ viyujyātmasamādhinā yuyuje bhagavaddhāmni brahmaṇy anubhavātmani
Then, detaching the self from the guṇas by absorption in the self, he joined it to Brahman, the Lord's own abode, whose nature is (pure) experience.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.42
यर्ह्य् उपारतधीस्तस्मिन्नद्राक्षीत् पुरुषान् पुरः उपलभ्योपलब्धान् प्राग् ववन्दे शिरसा द्विजः
yarhy upāratadhīstasminnadrākṣīt puruṣān puraḥ upalabhyopalabdhān prāg vavande śirasā dvijaḥ
When his thought had ceased, he saw before him, there, those persons; recognising them as the ones seen before, the brahmin bowed to them with his head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.43
हित्वा कलेवरं तीर्थे गङ्गायां दर्शनादनु सद्यः स्वरूपं जगृहे भगवत्पार्श्ववर्तिनाम्
hitvā kalevaraṃ tīrthe gaṅgāyāṃ darśanādanu sadyaḥ svarūpaṃ jagṛhe bhagavatpārśvavartinām
Leaving his body at the holy place on the Gaṅgā, right after that seeing, he at once took on the form of those who attend at the Lord's side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.44
साकं विहायसा विप्रो महापुरुषकिङ्करैः हैमं विमानमारुह्य ययौ यत्र श्रियः पतिः
sākaṃ vihāyasā vipro mahāpuruṣakiṅkaraiḥ haimaṃ vimānamāruhya yayau yatra śriyaḥ patiḥ
Together with the servants of the Great Person, the brahmin mounted a golden aerial car and went through the sky to where the Lord of Śrī is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.45
एवं स विप्लावितसर्वधर्मा दास्याः पतिः पतितो गर्ह्यकर्मणा निपात्यमानो निरये हतव्रतः सद्यो विमुक्तो भगवन्नाम गृह्णन्
evaṃ sa viplāvitasarvadharmā dāsyāḥ patiḥ patito garhyakarmaṇā nipātyamāno niraye hatavrataḥ sadyo vimukto bhagavannāma gṛhṇan
Thus he, who had washed away all his duties, the husband of a slave woman, fallen through blameworthy deeds, his vows destroyed, being cast down into hell, was instantly liberated as he uttered the Lord's name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.46
नातः परं कर्मनिबन्धकृन्तनं मुमुक्षतां तीर्थपदानुकीर्तनात् न यत् पुनः कर्मसु सज्जते मनो रजस्तमोभ्यां कलिलं ततो ऽन्यथा
nātaḥ paraṃ karmanibandhakṛntanaṃ mumukṣatāṃ tīrthapadānukīrtanāt na yat punaḥ karmasu sajjate mano rajastamobhyāṃ kalilaṃ tato 'nyathā
For those who seek release there is nothing beyond this for severing the bondage of karma—nothing beyond the constant praising of him whose feet are the holy fords; for (by that) the mind does not cling again to works, whereas otherwise it is muddied by passion and darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.47
य एतं परमं गुह्यमितिहासमघापहम् शृणुयाच् छ्रद्धया युक्तो यश्च भक्त्यानुकीर्तयेत्
ya etaṃ paramaṃ guhyamitihāsamaghāpaham śṛṇuyāc chraddhayā yukto yaśca bhaktyānukīrtayet
Whoever, joined with faith, would hear this supremely secret narrative that drives away sin, and whoever would recite it with devotion—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.48
न वै स नरकं याति नेक्षितो यमकिङ्करैः यद्य् अप्य् अमङ्गलो मर्त्यो विष्णुलोके महीयते
na vai sa narakaṃ yāti nekṣito yamakiṅkaraiḥ yady apy amaṅgalo martyo viṣṇuloke mahīyate
—he surely does not go to hell, nor is he even looked upon by Yama's servants; though a mortal be inauspicious, he is honoured in Viṣṇu's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 6 2.49
म्रियमाणो हरेर्नाम गृणन् पुत्रोपचारितम् अजामिलो ऽप्य् अगाद्धाम किमुत श्रद्धया गृणन्
mriyamāṇo harernāma gṛṇan putropacāritam ajāmilo 'py agāddhāma kimuta śraddhayā gṛṇan
Even Ajāmila, while dying, uttering Hari's name that was (merely) applied to his son, reached the (Lord's) abode—how much more one who utters it with faith!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition