mahattvam icchatāṁ tīrthaṁ

mahattvam icchatāṁ tīrthaṁ

śrotuḥ śīlādayo guṇāḥ

yatra tejas tad icchūnāṁ

māno yatra manasvinām

For those desiring greatness, hearing about Dhruva is the cause of greatness. Hearing about Dhruva, the hearer develops good qualities. For those desiring power, hearing about Dhruva is the cause of power. For those who are intelligent, hearing about Dhruva is the cause of respect.

Hearing this (yatra), it is a cause (tīrtham) of greatness.

|| 4.12.48 ||

prayataḥ kīrtayet prātaḥ

samavāye dvi-janmanām

sāyaṁ ca puṇya-ślokasya

dhruvasya caritaṁ mahat

One should recite this great story of famous Dhruva attentively in the morning and in the evening in the company of brāhmaṇas.

|| 4.12.49-50 ||

paurṇamāsyāṁ sinīvālyāṁ

dvādaśyāṁ śravaṇe 'thavā

dina-kṣaye vyatīpāte

saṅkrame 'rkadine 'pi vā

śrāvayec chraddadhānānāṁ

tīrtha-pāda-padāśrayaḥ

necchaṁs tatrātmanātmānaṁ

santuṣṭa iti sidhyati

A person who has taken shelter of the Lord should make those with faith hear this story on the full moon, dark moon, on Dvādaśī, during Śravana month, on kṣaya-tithis, vyatīpāta days, on saṅkrantis,[7] or on Sundays. Satisfying himself by his self, without desire for profit, he attains perfection.

Śraddadhānānam has an accusative meaning (object of the verb). One should not accept payment or other articles, because one satisfies the self by the self. The devotee, in making others hear, thinks “This devotee is hearing with faith the topics of Kṛṣṇa that I am reciting. That is my payment.” In this way he attains perfection.

|| 4.12.51 ||

jñānam ajñāta-tattvāya

yo dadyāt sat-pathe 'mṛtam

kṛpālor dīna-nāthasya

devās tasyānugṛhṇate

The devatās do not give obstacles to the merciful protector of the wretched, who gives immortal knowledge to the ignorant on the path of truth.

If making people hear knowledge which gives liberation gives such great result, making people hear about Dhruva will certainly give a greater result.

 

|| 4.12.52 ||