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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 19]
sidered the most sinful activity in the material world. One should be very eager to hear about the activities of the Lord from the bona fide source, the pure devotee. If one simply gives aural reception to the narration and accepts the glories of the Lord, then he is qualified. The impersonalist philosophers cannot understand the activities of the Lord. They think that all His activities are  māyā ; therefore they are called Māyāvādīs. Since everything to them is  māyā , these narrations are not for them. Some impersonalists are reluctant to hear  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , although many of them are now taking an interest in it just for monetary gain. Actually, however, they have no faith. On the contrary, they describe it in their own way. We should not hear, therefore, from the Māyāvādīs. We have to hear from Sūta Gosvāmī or Maitreya, who actually present the narrations as they are, and only then can we relish the pastimes of the Lord, otherwise the effects on the neophyte audience will be poisonous.
TEXT 38
एतन्महापुण्यमलं पवित्रं धन्यं यशस्यं पदमायुराशिषाम् । प्राणेन्द्रियाणां युधि शौर्यवर्धनं नारायणोऽन्ते गतिरङ्गं भृष्वताम् ॥३८॥
etan mahā-puṇyam alam pavitram   dhanyam yaśasyam padam āyur-āśiṣām   prāṇendriyāṇām yudhi śaurya-vardhanam   nārāyaṇo 'nte gatir aṅga śṛṇvatām
etat —this narrative;  mahā-puṇyam —conferring great merit;  alam —very;  pavitram —sacred;  dhanyam —conferring wealth;  yaśasyam —bearing fame;  padam —the receptacle;  āyuḥ —of longevity;  āśiṣām —of the objects of one's desire;  prāṇa —of the vital organs;  indriyāṇām —of the organs of action;  yudhi —on the field of battle;  śaurya —the strength;  vardhanam —increasing;  nārāyaṇaḥ —Lord Nārāyaṇa;  ante —at the end of life;  gatiḥ —shelter;  aṅga —O dear Śaunaka;  śṛṇvatām —of those who listen.
TRANSLATION
This most sacred narrative confers extraordinary merit, wealth, fame, longevity and all the objects of one's desire. On the field of battle it promotes the strength of one's vital organs and organs of action. One