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Tell that before me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.3) vaiśaṃpāyaṇa uvāca harivaṃśe purāṇe tu śrute ca bharatottama / > Vaiśaṃpāyana said: > When the Harivaṃśa Purāṇa is heard, O best of the Bharatas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.4) kāyikaṃ vācikaṃ caiva manasā samupārjitam / > whatever \[sin\] has been acquired bodily, vocally, and in the mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.5) tat sarvaṃ nāśam āyāti himaṃ sūryodaye yathā // > all that comes to destruction, like frost at sunrise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.6) aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ śravaṇād yat phalaṃ labhet / > The fruit that one may obtain from hearing the eighteen Purāṇas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.7) tat phalaṃ samavāpnoti vaiṣṇavo nātra saṃśayaḥ // > that fruit a devotee of Viṣṇu completely attains; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.7x1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.7x1-2) striyaś ca puruṣāś caiva vaiṣṇavaṃ padam āpnuyuḥ / > Both women and men would reach the abode of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.8) ślokārdhaṃ ślokapādaṃ vā harivaṃśasamudbhavam / > Hearing half a verse or a quarter-verse originating from the Harivaṃśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.9) śṛṇvantaḥ śraddhayā yuktā vaiṣṇavaṃ padam āpnuyuḥ // > endowed with faith, they would reach the abode of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.10) jambūdvīpaṃ samāśritya śrotāro durlabhāḥ kalau / > In the Kali Yuga, listeners residing in Jambūdvīpa > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.11) bhaviṣyanti narā rājan satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmy aham // > will be rare among men, O king; I speak the truth, the truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.12) strībhiś ca putrakāmābhiḥ śrotavyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ yaśaḥ / > And the glory of Viṣṇu should be heard by women desiring sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.13) dakṣiṇā cātra deyā vai niṣkatrayasuvarṇakam / > And a priestly fee of three niṣkas of gold should indeed be given here > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.14) vācakāya yathāśaktyā yathoktaṃ phalam icchatā // > to the reciter according to one's ability, by one desiring the stated fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.15) svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ ca kapilāṃ savatsāṃ vastrasaṃyutām / > And a tawny cow with golden horns, with calf and accompanied by cloth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.16) vācakāya pradadyād vai ātmanaḥ śreyakāṅkṣayā // > one should give to the reciter, wishing for one's own welfare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.17) alaṃkāraṃ pradadyāc ca pāṇyor vai bharatarṣabha / > And an ornament for the two hands should be given, O bull of the Bharatas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.18) karṇasyābharaṇaṃ dadyād yānaṃ ca saviśeṣataḥ // > one should give an ornament for the ear, and especially a conveyance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.19) bhūmidānaṃ samādadyād brāhmaṇāya narādhipa / > A gift of land should be presented to the brahmin, O ruler of men; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.20) bhūmidānasamaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati // > a gift equal to the gift of land has never been, nor will ever be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.20x2-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.20x2-1) ghoṭakaṃ javinaṃ dadyād vṛṣaṃ ca dhuri yojitam / > One should give a swift horse and a bull yoked to the burden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.21) śṛṇoti śrāvayād vāpi harivaṃśaṃ tu yo naraḥ / > Whatever person hears or causes the Harivaṃśa to be recited, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.22) sarvapāpavinirmukto vaiṣṇavaṃ padam āpnuyāt // > freed from all evil, would attain the abode of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.22x3-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.22x3-1) kuṇḍale caiva dātavye ūrṇāvastraṃ tathaiva ca / > Two earrings must be given, and likewise a woolen garment; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.22x3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.22x3-2) samāptau vidhivad vastraṃ deyaṃ kṣaumaṃ dvijātaye // > upon completion, a linen garment is to be given to the twice-born according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.23) pitṝn uddharate sarvān ekādaśa samudbhavān / > He raises up all his ancestors born of eleven generations, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.24) ātmānaṃ sasutaṃ caiva striyaṃ ca bharatarṣabha / > himself, along with his sons, and his wife, O bull of the Bharatas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.25) daśāṃśaś cātra homo vai kāryaḥ śrotrā narādhipa // > And a burnt offering of a tenth part must be performed here by the listener, O ruler of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.26) idaṃ mayā tavāgre ca sarvaṃ proktaṃ nararṣabha / > All this has been proclaimed by me before you, O bull among men, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.27) yasya śravaṇamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate / > by the mere hearing of which one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.28) aputraḥ putram āpnoti adhano dhanam āpnuyāt // > A sonless man obtains a son; a poor man would obtain wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.29) naramedhāśvamedhābhyāṃ yat phalaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ / > The fruit that is obtained by men through human sacrifice and horse sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.30) tat phalaṃ labhate nūnaṃ purāṇaśravaṇād dhareḥ // > that fruit one surely obtains from hearing the Purāṇa of Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.31) brahmahā bhrūṇahā goghnaḥ surāpo gurutalpagaḥ / > A killer of a brahmin, an aborticide, a cow-killer, a drinker of liquor, one who violates the guru's bed— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.32) sakṛt purāṇaśravaṇāt pūto bhavati nānyathā // > from hearing the Purāṇa once, he becomes purified; it is not otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.33) idaṃ mayā te parikīrtitaṃ mahac @ > This great, boundless, wondrous greatness of glorious Kṛṣṇa > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.34) chrīkṛṣṇamāhātmyam apāram adbhutam | > has been fully proclaimed by me to you; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.35) śṛṇvan paṭhann āśu samāpnuyāt phalaṃ @ > hearing or reciting it, one would quickly attain the fruit > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [App.I.45.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45.36) yac cāpi lokeṣu sudurlabhaṃ mahat || > and that which is exceedingly hard to attain and great among the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.App.I.45.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.App.I.45) · Pramāṇa