Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 88 Verse 40

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 88: Lord Śiva Saved from Vṛkāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.88.40

ya evam avyākṛta-śakty-udanvataḥ

parasya sākṣāt paramātmano hareḥ

giritra-mokṣaḿ kathayec chṛṇoti vā

vimucyate saḿsṛtibhis tathāribhiḥ

SYNONYMS

yaḥ — whoever; evam — thus; avyākṛta — inconceivable; śakti — of energies; udanvataḥ — of the ocean; parasya — the Supreme; sākṣāt — personally manifest; parama-ātmanaḥ — of the Supersoul; hareḥ — Lord Hari; giritra — of Lord Śiva; mokṣam — the saving; kathayet — recites; śṛṇoti — hears; vā — or; vimucyate — is freed; saḿsṛtibhiḥ — from repeated births and deaths; tathā — as well as; aribhiḥ — from enemies.

TRANSLATION

Lord Hari is the directly manifest Absolute Truth, the Supreme Soul and unlimited ocean of inconceivable energies. Anyone who recites or hears this pastime of His saving Lord Śiva will be freed from all enemies and the repetition of birth and death.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī concludes this chapter with the following statement:

bhakta-sańkaṭam ālokya

kṛpā-pūrṇa-hṛd-ambujaḥ

giritraḿ citra-vākyāt tu

mokṣayām āsa keśavaḥ

"When Lord Keśava saw the danger confronting His devotee, His lotuslike heart became filled with sympathy. Thus He delivered Lord Śiva from the consequences of his own eloquent words."

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Eighty-eighth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Lord Śiva Saved from Vṛkāsura."

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