Shloka 12
Means of Liberation in Kali-yuga: Satsanga, Hearing Kṛṣṇa-kathā, and the Marks of a Vaiṣṇava
जन्मांतरार्जितं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति । श्रीकृष्णचरितं यो वै श्रोतुमिच्छां करोत्यपि
janmāṃtarārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati | śrīkṛṣṇacaritaṃ yo vai śrotumicchāṃ karotyapi
पूर्वजन्मांत संचित पाप त्या क्षणीच नष्ट होते, जो केवळ श्रीकृष्णचरित्र ऐकण्याची इच्छाही करतो।
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Brahma-khaṇḍa dialogue tradition)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: जन्मांतरार्जितम् = जन्मान्तरार्जितम्; तत्क्षणादेव = तत्क्षणात् + एव; श्रोतुमिच्छाम् = श्रोतुम् + इच्छाम्; करोत्यपि = करोति + अपि.
FAQs
It emphasizes śravaṇa (devotional listening)—specifically listening to Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s carita (life and deeds)—as a powerful means of inner purification.
Yes. It states that even forming the sincere desire (icchā) to hear Kṛṣṇa’s deeds brings immediate destruction of sin accumulated over many births.
The verse encourages turning the mind toward sacred hearing and devotion, teaching that even an initial inner orientation toward dharma and bhakti can begin transforming past karmic burdens.