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  "name":"SB 1.19.38",
  "label":"Text 38",
  "h1":"SB 1.19.38",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.19.38",
  "description":"Please let me know what a man should hear, chant, remember and worship, and also what he should not do. Please explain all this to me."

} —

SB 1.19.38

यच्छ्रोतव्यमथो जप्यं यत्कर्तव्यं नृभिः प्रभो ।
स्मर्तव्यं भजनीयं वा ब्रूहि यद्वा विपर्ययम् ॥३८॥

Text

yac chrotavyam atho japyaṁ
yat kartavyaṁ nṛbhiḥ prabho
smartavyaṁ bhajanīyaṁ vā
brūhi yad vā viparyayam

Synonyms

yat—whatever; śrotavyam—worth hearing; atho—thereof; japyam—chanted; yat—what also; kartavyam—executed; nṛbhiḥ—by the people in general; prabho—O master; smartavyam—that which is remembered; bhajanīyam—worshipable; vā—either; brūhi—please explain; yad vā—what it may be; viparyayam—against the principle.

Translation

Please let me know what a man should hear, chant, remember and worship, and also what he should not do. Please explain all this to me.