SB 12.12.59
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 59
ya etat śrāvayen nityaṁ
yāma-kṣaṇam ananya-dhīḥ
ślokam ekaṁ tad-ardhaṁ vā
pādaṁ pādārdham eva vā
śraddhāvān yo 'nuśṛṇuyāt
punāty ātmānam eva saḥ
SYNONYMS
yaḥ—who; etat—this; śrāvayet—makes others hear; nityam—always; yāma-kṣaṇam—every hour and every minute; ananya-dhīḥ—with undeviated attention; ślokam—verse; ekam—one; tat-ardham—half of that; vā—or; pādam—a single line; pāda-ardham—half a line; eva—indeed; vā—or; śraddhā-vān—with faith; yaḥ—who; anuśṛṇuyāt—hears from the proper source; punāti—purifies; ātmānam—his very self; eva—indeed; saḥ—he.
TRANSLATION
One who with undeviating attention constantly recites this literature at every moment of every hour, as well as one who faithfully hears even one verse or half a verse or a single line or even half a line, certainly purifies his very self.