Chapter XLVIII · THE FRUITS OF THE RECITATION OF HARIVAMSHA.

Janamejaya said:—O foremost of Munis, do you describe to me the fruits one can acquire by listening to Harivamsha and what gifts he should make.

Vaishampāyana said:—O foremost of Bharatas, if a man listens to Harivamsha Purana, all his sins, committed by body, words and thought, are dissipated like the dew on the rising of the sun. Forsooth does a Vaishnava reap, by listening to Harivamsha, the fruits yielded by the hearing of the eighteen Puranas. Those, who reverentially listen to one half or even one portion of a sloka of Harivamsha, attain to the dignity of Vishnu. In the Kaliyuga living in the insular continent of Jamvu the number of hearers will be limited. Women, who wish to have sons, should listen to Vishnu's glorious deeds. He, who, after hearing it, wishes to acquire fruits, should give, to the reciter according to his might, gold of the weight of three Nishkas. For his own well-being he should present the reciter with a Kapila cow, with a cloth, its calf and golden horns. O foremost of Bhāratas, ornaments for the ear and hand yield special fruits. O king, you should give lands unto the Bramhanas. There is no other gift like it and there will be none (1-17).

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