इन्द्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य ज्ञानिनां गुरुः
Hearing Indra's words, the guru of the wise smiled.
दुर्वासा उवाच आपाततो दुःखबीजं परिणामसुखावहम्
Durvasa said: In the beginning, it is the seed of suffering, but in the end, it brings happiness.
स्वगर्भयातनानाशपीडाखण्डनकारणम्
It is the cause that destroys the pain and torment of one's own womb and birth.
कर्मवृक्षाङ्कुरच्छेदकारणं सर्वतारकम्
It is the reason for cutting the sprouts of the tree of karma, and it is the universal liberator.
दानेन तपसा वाऽपि व्रतेनानशनादिना
By charity, by austerity, or by vow, including fasting,
काम्यानां कर्मणां चैव मूलं संछिद्य यत्नतः
One should diligently cut off the root of actions performed with desire.
यत्कर्म सात्त्विकं कुर्य्यादसंकल्पितमेव च
Whatever action one performs should be sattvic and without personal motive.
सांसारिकाणामेतत्तु निर्वाणं मोचकं विदुः 2.36.
This, for those bound in worldly existence, is known as liberation and deliverance.
सेवां कुर्वन्ति ते नित्यं विधायोत्तमदेहकम्
They always perform service, having attained an excellent body.
हरिसेवादिरूपां च मुक्तिमिच्छन्ति वैष्णवाः
Vaishnavas desire liberation in the form of service to Hari and similar acts.
स्मरणं कीर्त्तनं विष्णोरर्चनं पादसेवनम्
Remembrance, praise, worship of Vishnu, and service at his feet,
चरणोदकपानं च तन्मंत्रजपनं परम्
Drinking the water that has washed his feet, and especially reciting his mantras,
इदं मृत्युञ्जयज्ञानं दत्तं मृत्युञ्जयेन मे
This knowledge of the conqueror of death has been given to me by the conqueror of death.
स जन्मदाता स गुरुः स च बन्धुः सतां परः
He is the giver of birth, he is the guru, and he is the supreme friend of the virtuous.
दर्शयेदन्यमार्गं च विना श्रीकृष्णसेवनम्
He who shows another path, apart from service to Shri Krishna,
सन्ततं जगतां कृष्णनाम मङ्गलकारणम्
The name of Krishna is always the cause of auspiciousness for the worlds.
तेभ्योऽप्यपैति कालश्च मृत्युस्स्याद्रोग एव च
From them, even time departs, and death becomes merely disease.
कृष्णमन्त्रोपासकश्च ब्राह्मणः श्वपचोऽपि वा 2.36.
Whether a Brahmin or even one born in a low family, if he worships Krishna's mantra—
ब्रह्मणा पूजितः सोऽपि मधुपर्कादिना च यः
He who has been worshipped by Brahmā, with offerings such as madhuparka and others,
ज्ञानसारं तपःसारं ब्रह्मसारं परं शिवम्
The essence of knowledge, the essence of austerity, the supreme essence of Brahman, the highest auspiciousness,
ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्य्यन्तं सर्वं मिथ्यैव केवलम्
From Brahmā down to a blade of grass, all is indeed entirely false alone.
अतीव सुखदं सारं भुक्तिदं मुक्तिदं परम्
It is the essence that gives intense happiness, bestows enjoyment, and grants the highest liberation.
योगिनामपि सिद्धानां यतीनां च तपस्विनाम्
Even for yogis, perfected beings, ascetics, and those devoted to austerity,
भस्मसाच्च भवेत्पापं यदुपस्पर्शमात्रतः
Sin is destroyed by mere touch of the ashes.
ततो रोगा हि वेपन्ते पापानि च भयानि च
Therefore, diseases tremble, sins and fears as well.
तावन्निबद्धः संसारे कारागारे विधेर्जनः
So long as a person is bound in worldly existence, in the prison of fate,
कृतकर्मौघभोगाख्यनिगडच्छेदकारणम्
It is the cause for cutting the chains called the multitude of actions and their enjoyments.
गोलोकमार्गसोपानं निस्तारे बीजकारणम् 2.36.
It is the stairway to the path of Goloka, the seed-cause for liberation.
सारं च सर्वतपसां योवानां साधनं तथा
It is the essence of all austerities, and likewise the means for the young.
दानानां तीर्थशौचानां यज्ञादीनां पुरन्दर
Of gifts, of holy baths, of sacrifices and the like, O Purandara,