एतन्महापुण्यमलं पवित्रं धन्यं यशस्यं पदमायुराशिषाम् । प्राणेन्द्रियाणां युधि शौर्यवर्धनं नारायणोऽन्ते गतिरङ्ग शृण्वताम् ॥ ३८ ॥
etan maha-punyam alam pavitram dhanyam yasasyam padam ayur-asisam pranendriyanam yudhi saurya-vardhanam narayano ’nte gatir anga srnvatam
- etat
- this narrative
- maha-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
- srnvatam
- of those who listen
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 who listens to it at the last moment of his life is transferred to the supreme abode of the Lord, O dear Saunaka.