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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 29 ]
TEXT 84
एतन्मुकुन्दयशसा भुवनं पुनानं 
  देवर्षिवर्यमुत्पनिःसृतयात्मशौचम् । 
  यः कौर्त्यमानयक्मिच्छति पारमेष्ठयं 
  नासिन् भवे भ्रमति पुरुषसमस्तवन्तः॥८४॥
etan mukunda-yaśasā bhuvanam punānam 
  devarṣi-varya-mukha-niḥṣrtam ātma-śaucam 
  yaḥ kīrtyamānam adhigacchati pārameṣṭhyam 
  nāsmin bhave bhramati mukta-samasta-bandhaḥ
etat—this narration; mukunda-yaśasā—with the fame of Lord Kṛṣṇa; bhuvanam—this material world; punānam—sanctifying; deva-rṣi—of the great sages; varya—of the chief; mukha—from the mouth; niḥṣrtam—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.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
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