Shloka 49
पौर्णमास्यां सिनीवाल्यां द्वादश्यां श्रवणेऽथवा । दिनक्षये व्यतीपाते सङ्क्रमेऽर्कदिनेऽपि वा ॥ ४९ ॥ श्रावयेच्छ्रद्दधानानां तीर्थपादपदाश्रय: । नेच्छंस्तत्रात्मनात्मानं सन्तुष्ट इति सिध्यति ॥ ५० ॥
paurṇamāsyāṁ sinīvālyāṁ dvādaśyāṁ śravaṇe ’thavā dina-kṣaye vyatīpāte saṅkrame ’rkadine ’pi vā
On the full-moon day, the new-moon day (amāvasyā), the dvādaśī after ekādaśī, when the Śravaṇa star appears, at the close of a tithi, on Vyatīpāta, at saṅkrānti, at month’s end, or on Sunday—one who has taken shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet should recite the great narration of Dhruva Mahārāja before faithful listeners, without accepting payment. When done without professional motive, both reciter and audience become satisfied and attain perfection.
Professional reciters may ask money to extinguish the blazing fire within their bellies, but they cannot make any spiritual improvement or become perfect. It is therefore strictly forbidden to recite Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as a profession to earn a livelihood. Only one who is completely surrendered at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, depending fully on Him for personal maintenance or even for maintenance of his family, can attain perfection by recitation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is full of narrations of the pastimes of the Lord and His devotees. The process can be summarized as follows: the audience must be faithfully receptive to the Bhāgavata message, and the reciter should completely depend on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhāgavata recitation must not be a business. If done in the right way, not only does the reciter achieve perfect satisfaction, but the Lord also is very satisfied with the reciter and the audience, and thus both are liberated from material bondage simply by the process of hearing.
FAQs
This verse lists occasions like the full-moon day, Sinīvālī, Dvādaśī, Śravaṇa nakṣatra, day’s end, Vyatīpāta, saṅkrānti, and Sunday as favorable times for devotional hearing.
The intent is to intensify śravaṇam (hearing) by aligning one’s devotion with traditionally sacred time-junctions, making remembrance and absorption in Hari-kathā easier.
Choose any regularly recurring sacred time you can keep—such as weekends, full-moon days, or Dvādaśī—and commit to focused Bhagavatam reading/hearing with faith and consistency.