kiṁ ca
gīta-śāstra-vinodena
kārttikaṁ yo nayen naraḥ
na tasya punar āvṛttir
mayā dṛṣṭā kali-priya

kim- ca-furthermore; gīta-śāstra-vinodena-by happily reading Bhagavad-gītā; kārttikam-in Kārttika; yaḥ-who; nayen-pass; naraḥ-a person; na-not; tasya-of him; punaḥ-again; āvṛttiḥ-return; mayā-by me; dṛṣṭā-seen; kali-priya-O Narada.

“O Nārada, I have personally seen that a person who happily reads Bhagavad-gīta during the month of Kārttika does not return to the world of birth and death.”

– Kārtik Mahatmya Text 68