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निवृत्तिलक्षणमार्ग आदावेव व्याख्यातः. एतावानेवाण्डकोशो यश्चतुर्दशधा पुराणेषु विकल्पित उपगीयते यत्तद्भगवतो नारायणस्य साक्षान्महापुरुषस्य स्थविष्ठं रूपमात्ममायागुणमयमनुवर्णितमादृतः पठति शृणोति श्रावयति स उपगेयं भगवतः परमात्मनो ऽग्राह्यमपि श्रद्धाभक्तिविशुद्धबुद्धिर्वेद. ॥ ३८ ॥
 
nivrtti-laksana-marga adav eva vyakhyatah. etavan evanda-koso yas
caturdasadha puranesu vikalpita upagiyate yat tad bhagavato
narayanasya saksan maha-purusasya sthavistham rupam atmamaya-
gunamayam anuvarnitam adrtah pathati srnoti sravayati sa upageyam
bhagavatah paramatmano 'grahyam api sraddha-bhakti-visuddha-
buddhir veda.
nivrtti-laksana-margah-the path symptomized by renunciation, or the path of liberation; adau-in the beginning (the Second and Third Cantos); eva-indeed; vyakhyatah-described; etavan-this much; eva-certainly; anda-kosah-the universe, which resembles a big egg; yah-which; caturdasa-dha-in fourteen parts; puranesu-in the Puranas; vikalpitah-divided; upagiyate-is described; yat-which; tat-that; bhagavatah-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; narayanasya-of Lord Narayana; saksat-directly; maha-purusasya-of the Supreme Person; sthavistham-the gross; rupam-form; atma-maya-of His own energy; guna-of the qualities; mayam-consisting; anuvarnitam-described; adrtah-venerating; pathati-one reads; srnoti-or hears; sravayati-or explains; sah-that person; upageyam-song; bhagavatah-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; paramatmanah-of the Supersoul; agrahyam-difficult to understand; api-although; sraddha-by faith; bhakti-and devotion; visuddha-purified; buddhih-whose intelligence; veda-understands.

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