752 Srimad-Bhagavatam [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 maya; therefore they are called Mayavadis. Since
everything to them is mayd, these narrations are not for them. Some
impersonalists are reluctant to hear Srimad-Bhagavatam, 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 Mayavadis. We have to
hear from Sitta Gosvami 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
UAAAP IAS arat
TT TT TATA |
miexant afr atta
AUATSeA MAH AAMT URI

etan maha-punyam alam pavitram
dhanyam yasasyam padam ayur-dsisam

pranendriyanam yudhi gaurya-vardhanam
narayano ‘nte gatir anga srnvatam

etat—this narrative; mahd-punyam—conferring great merit; alam—very;
pavitram—sacred; dhanyam—conferring wealth; yasasyam—bearing fame;
padam—the receptacle; ayuh—of longevity ; asisam—of the objects of one’s
desire; prana—of the vital organs; indriyanam—of the organs of action;
yudhi—on the field of battle; Saurya—the strength; vardhanam-— increasing;
narayanah—Lord Narayana; ante—at the end of life; gatih—shelter; anga—O
dear Saunaka; §rnvatam—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
