Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 46
Lord Śiva Bewildered by Mohinī
Viṣṇu’s Yoga-māyā and the Limits of Ascetic Power
एतन्मुहु: कीर्तयतोऽनुशृण्वतो न रिष्यते जातु समुद्यम: क्वचित् । यदुत्तमश्लोकगुणानुवर्णनं समस्तसंसारपरिश्रमापहम् ॥ ४६ ॥
etan muhuḥ kīrtayato ’nuśṛṇvato na riṣyate jātu samudyamaḥ kvacit yad uttamaśloka-guṇānuvarṇanaṁ samasta-saṁsāra-pariśramāpaham
जो वारंवार ही कथा कीर्तन करतो किंवा भक्तिभावाने ऐकतो, त्याचा प्रयत्न कधीही निष्फळ होत नाही। कारण उत्तमश्लोक भगवानांच्या गुणांचे वर्णन हे संसारातील सर्व दुःख-परिश्रम हरून टाकते।
FAQs
This verse says that repeated chanting and attentive hearing of the Lord’s qualities never leads to failure, because such glorification removes the exhaustion born of material life.
While narrating the Lord’s wondrous līlā (Mohinī-mūrti and its effects), Śukadeva highlights that the lasting fruit is bhakti—hearing and chanting the Lord’s qualities—which frees one from worldly struggle.
Make a daily habit of hearing Bhagavatam and chanting the Lord’s names/qualities; this steadies your efforts and reduces stress by shifting the mind from anxiety to devotional remembrance.