Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

मनुष्यत्वाच् च निरयं पर्यायेणोपगच्छति एष एवं द्विजातीनाम् आत्मा वै स गुणैर् वृतः //

Translation

This verse (40) reminds that hearing and retaining the sacred word leads to merit and to pure understanding.

Speaker

• Didactic speaker describing the conditioned self; addressee not specified in the excerpt.