यो वै हिरण्याक्षवधं महाद्भुतं विक्रीडितं कारणसूकरात्मन: । शृणोति गायत्यनुमोदतेऽञ्जसा विमुच्यते ब्रह्मवधादपि द्विजा: ॥ ३७ ॥
yo vai hiranyaksa-vadham mahadbhutam vikriditam karana-sukaratmanah srnoti gayaty anumodate ’njasa vimucyate brahma-vadhad api dvijah
- yah
- he who
- vai
- indeed
- hiranyaksa-vadham
- of the killing of Hiranyaksa
- maha-adbhutam
- most wonderful
- vikriditam
- pastime
- karana
- for reasons like raising the earth from the ocean
- sukara
- appearing in the form of a boar
- atmanah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- srnoti
- hears
- gayati
- chants
- anumodate
- takes pleasure
- anjasa
- at once
- vimucyate
- becomes freed
- brahma-vadhat
- from the sin of killing a brahmana
- api
- even
- dvijah
- O brahmanas.
O brahmanas, anyone who hears, chants, or takes pleasure in the wonderful narration of the killing of the Hiranyaksa demon by the Lord, who appeared as the first boar in order to deliver the world, is at once relieved of the results of sinful activities, even the killing of a brahmana.