In praise of Maharaja Bharata once again...

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ya idaṁ bhāgavata-sabhājitāvadāta-guṇa-karmaṇo rājarṣer bharatasyānucaritaṁ svasty-ayanam āyuṣyaṁ dhanyaṁ yaśasyaṁ svargyāpavargyaṁ vānuśṛṇoty ākhyāsyaty abhinandati ca sarvā evāśiṣa ātmana āśāste na kāñcana parata iti.

 

SYNONYMS

 

yaḥ—anyone who; idam—this; bhāgavata—by exalted devotees; sabhājita—greatly worshiped; avadāta—pure; guṇa—whose qualities; karmaṇaḥ—and activities; rāja-ṛṣeḥ—of the great saintly King; bharatasya—of Bharata Mahārāja; anucaritam—the narration; svasti-ayanam—the abode of auspiciousness; āyuṣyam—which increases one’s duration of life; dhanyam—increases one’s fortune; yaśasyam—bestows reputation; svargya—gives promotion to the higher planetary systems (the goal of the karmīs); apavargyam—gives liberation from this material world and enables one to merge into the Supreme (the goal of the jñānīs); vā—or; anuśṛṇoti—always hears, following the path of devotional service; ākhyāsyati—describes for the benefit of others; abhinandati—glorifies the characteristics of devotees and the Supreme Lord; ca—and; sarvāḥ—all; eva—certainly; āśiṣaḥ—blessings; ātmanaḥ—for himself; āśāste—he achieves; na—not; kāñcana—anything; parataḥ—from anyone else; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

Devotees interested in hearing and chanting [śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam] regularly discuss the pure characteristics of Bharata Mahārāja and praise his activities. If one submissively hears and chants about the all-auspicious Mahārāja Bharata, one’s life span and material opulences certainly increase. One can become very famous and easily attain promotion to the heavenly planets, 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 Mahārāja 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 Mahārāja Bharata, one can attain all desirable things.