य इदं भागवतसभाजितावदातगुणकर्मणो राजर्षेर्भरतस्यानुचरितं स्वस्त्ययनमायुष्यं धन्यं यशस्यं स्वर्ग्यापवर्ग्यं वानुशृणोत्याख्यास्यत्यभिनन्दति च सर्वा एवाशिष आत्मन आशास्ते न काञ्चन परत इति ॥ ४६ ॥
ya idam bhagavata-sabhajitavadata-guna-karmano rajarser bharatasyanucaritam svasty-ayanam ayusyam dhanyam yasasyam svargyapavargyam vanusrnoty akhyasyaty abhinandati ca sarva evasisa atmana asaste na kancana parata iti.
- yah
- anyone who
- idam
- this
- bhagavata
- by exalted devotees
- sabhajita
- greatly worshiped
- avadata
- pure
- guna
- whose qualities
- karmanah
- and activities
- raja-rseh
- of the great saintly King
- bharatasya
- of Bharata Maharaja
- anucaritam
- the narration
- svasti-ayanam
- the abode of auspiciousness
- ayusyam
- which increases one’s duration of life
- dhanyam
- increases one’s fortune
- yasasyam
- bestows reputation
- svargya
- gives promotion to the higher planetary systems (the goal of the karmis)
- apavargyam
- gives liberation from this material world and enables one to merge into the Supreme (the goal of the jnanis)
- va
- or
- anusrnoti
- always hears, following the path of devotional service
- akhyasyati
- describes for the benefit of others
- abhinandati
- glorifies the characteristics of devotees and the Supreme Lord
- ca
- and
- sarvah
- all
- eva
- certainly
- asisah
- blessings
- atmanah
- for himself
- asaste
- he achieves
- na
- not
- kancana
- anything
- paratah
- from anyone else
- iti
- thus
Devotees interested in hearing and chanting (sravanam kirtanam) regularly discuss the pure characteristics of Bharata Maharaja and praise his activities. If one submissively hears and chants about the all-auspicious Maharaja Bharata, one’s life span and material opulences certainly increase. One can become very famous and easily attain promotion to the heavenly planes, or attain liberation by merging into the existence of the Lord. Whatever one desires can be attained simply by hearing, chanting and glorifying the activities of Maharaja Bharata. In this way, one can fulfill all his material and spiritual desires. One does not have to ask anyone else for these things, for simply by studying the life of Maharaja Bharata, one can attain all desirable things.