य एतं परमं गुह्यमितिहासमघापहम् । शृणुयाच्छ्रद्धया युक्तो यश्च भक्त्यानुकीर्तयेत् ॥ ४७ ॥ न वै स नरकं याति नेक्षितो यमकिङ्करै: । यद्यप्यमङ्गलो मर्त्यो विष्णुलोके महीयते ॥ ४८ ॥
ya etam paramam guhyam itihasam aghapaham srnuyac chraddhaya yukto yas ca bhaktyanukirtayet na vai sa narakam yati neksito yama-kinkaraih yady apy amangalo martyo visnu-loke mahiyate
- yah
- anyone who
- etam
- this
- paramam
- very
- guhyam
- confidential
- itihasam
- historical narration
- agha-apaham
- which frees one from all reactions to sins
- srnuyat
- hears
- sraddhaya
- with faith
- yuktah
- endowed
- yah
- one who
- ca
- also
- bhaktya
- with great devotion
- anukirtayet
- repeats
- na
- not
- vai
- indeed
- sah
- such a person
- narakam
- to hell
- yati
- goes
- na
- not
- iksitah
- is observed
- yama-kinkaraih
- by the order carriers of Yamaraja
- yadi api
- although
- amangalah
- inauspicious
- martyah
- a living entity with a material body
- visnu-loke
- in the spiritual world
- mahiyate
- is welcomed and respectfully received
Because this very confidential historical narration has the potency to vanquish all sinful reactions, one who hears or describes it with faith and devotion is no longer doomed to hellish life, regardless of his having a material body and regardless of how sinful he may have been. Indeed, the Yamadutas, who carry out the orders of Yamaraja, do not approach him even to see him. After giving up his body, he returns home, back to Godhead, where he is very respectfully received and worshiped.