य एतत् श्रावयेन्नित्यं यामक्षणमनन्यधी: । श्लोकमेकं तदर्धं वा पादं पादार्धमेव वा । श्रद्धावान् योऽनुशृणुयात् पुनात्यात्मानमेव स: ॥ ५९ ॥
ya etat śrāvayen nityaṁ yāma-kṣaṇam ananya-dhīḥ ślokam ekaṁ tad-ardhaṁ vā pādaṁ pādārdham eva vā śraddhāvān yo ’nuśṛṇuyāt punāty ātmānam eva saḥ
- yaḥ
- who
- etat
- this
- śrāvayet
- makes others hear
- nityam
- always
- yāma-kṣaṇam
- every hour and every minute
- ananya-dhīḥ
- with undeviated attention
- ślokam
- verse
- ekam
- one
- tat-ardham
- half of that
- vā
- or
- pādam
- a single line
- pāda-ardham
- half a line
- eva
- indeed
- vā
- or
- śraddhā-vān
- with faith
- yaḥ
- who
- anuśṛṇuyāt
- hears from the proper source
- punāti
- purifies
- ātmānam
- his very self
- eva
- indeed
- saḥ
- he
One who with undeviating attention constantly recites this literature at every moment of every hour, as well as one who faithfully hears even one verse or half a verse or a single line or even half a line, certainly purifies his very self.