Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 12: The Topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Summarized

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.12.65

vipro 'dhītyāpnuyāt prajñāḿ

rājanyodadhi-mekhalām

vaiśyo nidhi-patitvaḿ ca

śūdraḥ śudhyeta pātakāt

SYNONYMS

vipraḥa brāhmaṇa; adhītya — studying; āpnuyāt — achieves; prajñām — intelligence in devotional service; rājanyaa king; udadhi-mekhalām — (the earth) bounded by the seas; vaiśyaḥa businessman; nidhi — of treasures; patitvam — lordship; ca — and; śūdraḥa worker; śudhyeta — becomes purified; pātakāt — from sinful reactions.

TRANSLATION

A brāhmaṇa who studies the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam achieves firm intelligence in devotional service, a king who studies it gains sovereignty over the earth, a vaiśya acquires great treasure and a śūdra is freed from sinful reactions.

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