Chapter 12 · Dvādaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Twelfth Chapter)
Verse 22
प्रीतिर्मे क्रियते सास्मिन् सकृत्सुचरिते श्रुते। श्रुतं हरति पापानि तथाऽऽरोग्यं प्रयच्छति ॥ २२ ॥
prītirmē kriyatē sāsmin sakṛtsucaritē śrutē | śrutaṁ harati pāpāni tathā’’rōgyaṁ prayacchati || 22 ||
Translation
That causes my pleasure when these well-performed deeds are heard once; the hearing removes sins and grants health.
Word by word
- prītiḥ
- pleasure
- me
- my
- kriyate
- is caused
- sā
- that
- asmin
- in this
- sakṛt
- once
- sucarite
- well-performed deeds
- śrute
- heard
- śrutaṁ
- heard
- harati
- removes
- pāpāni
- sins
- tathā
- and
- ārogyaṁ
- health
- prayacchati
- grants
Meaning
The Goddess expresses pleasure when her deeds are recited and heard, noting that even a single hearing removes sins and bestows health.