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इतिहासमिमं पुण्यं चित्रकेतोर्महात्मनः ।
माहात्म्यं विष्णुभक्तानां श्रुत्वा बन्धाद्विमुच्यते ॥ ४० ॥

itihasam imam punyam

citraketor mahatmanah

mahatmyam visnu-bhaktanam

srutva bandhad vimucyate

itihasam-history; imam-this; punyam-very pious; citraketoh-of Citraketu; maha-atmanah-the exalted devotee; mahatmyam-containing glory; visnu-bhaktanam-from the devotees of Visnu; srutva-hearing; bandhat-from bondage or conditional, material life; vimucyate-is freed.