सद्यो वैराग्यजननं भवरोगनिकृंतनम्
It immediately produces detachment and destroys the disease of worldly existence.
कर्मोपभोगरोगाणां खंडने च रसायनम्
It is the elixir for the destruction of the diseases caused by actions and enjoyments.
जीवनं वैष्णवानां च जगतां पावनं परम्
It is the life of the Vaishnavas and the supreme purifier of the worlds.
केन वा प्रार्थितः कृष्ण आजगाम महीतलम्
By whom was Krishna invoked, and for what reason did he come to earth?
युगे कुत्र कुतो हेतोः कुत्र वाऽऽविर्बभूव ह
In which age, where, for what cause, and in what place did he appear?
वद कस्य कुले जन्म मायया सुविडंबनम् ।। 4.1.
Tell me, in whose lineage was his birth, and how was it concealed by Maya?
जगाम गोकुलं कंसभयेन सूतिकागृहात्
Out of fear of Kamsa, she departed from the maternity house and went to Gokula.
हरिर्वा गोपवेषेण गोकुले किं चकार ह
What did Hari do in Gokula, having assumed the form of a cowherd?
का वा गोपांगना के वा गोपाला बालरूपिणः
Who were the cowherd women, and who were the cowherd men in the form of children?
कथं राधा पुण्यवती देवी गोकुलवासिनी
How did Radha, the virtuous goddess dwelling in Gokula, come to be there?
कथं गोप्यो दुराराध्यं संप्रापुरीश्वरं परम्
How did the gopis attain the supreme Lord, who is difficult to worship?
भारावतरणं कृत्वा किं विधाय जगाम सः
After relieving the burden of the earth, what did he do and where did he go?
सुदुर्लभां हरिकथां तरणिं भवसागरे
The story of Hari, rare to obtain, is like a boat in the ocean of worldly existence.
पापेंधनानां दहने ज्वलदग्निशिखामिव
For burning the wealth of sin, it is like a blazing flame of fire.
तपोजपमहादानात्पृथिव्यां तीर्थदर्शनात् 4.1.
Through austerity, recitation, great charity, and pilgrimage to holy places on earth—
दीक्षायाः सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्फलं लभते नरः
The fruit that a man obtains from initiation and from all sacrifices—
पित्राऽहं प्रेषितो ज्ञानादानाय तव सन्निधिम्
My father sent me to your presence for the gift of knowledge.
श्रीनारायण उवाच मया ज्ञातोऽसि धन्यस्त्वं पुण्यराशिः सुमूर्तिमान्
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: I have recognized you; you are blessed, a heap of merit, and of excellent form.
जनानां हृदयं सद्यः सुव्यक्तं वचनेन वै
The heart of people is immediately revealed by speech.
पुत्रे पौत्रे च वचसि प्रतापे चापदि स्त्रियाम्
In sons, grandsons, speech, prowess, adversity, and among women—
जीवन्मुक्तोऽसि पूतस्त्वं शुद्धभक्तो गदाभृतः
You are liberated while living, purified, a pure devotee of the wielder of the mace.
पुनासि लोकान्त्सर्वांश्च स्वीयविग्रहदर्शनात्
You purify all worlds by the sight of your own form.
यत्र कृष्णकथाः संति तत्रैव सर्वदेवताः
Wherever the stories of Krishna are present, there indeed are all the deities.
कथाः श्रुत्वा कथांते ते यांति सन्तो निरापदम्
Having heard the stories, at the end of the narration, the virtuous go forth without danger.
सद्यः कृष्णकथावक्ता स्वस्य पुंसां शतं शतम् 4.1.
One who immediately speaks about Krishna causes a hundredfold benefit for his own people.
प्रष्टा तु प्रश्नमात्रेण पुनाति कुलमात्मनः
But even by merely asking a question, one purifies his own lineage.
शतजन्मतपस्तप्तो जन्मेदं भारते लभेत्
One who has performed austerities for a hundred births attains birth in this land of Bharata.
अर्चनं वंदनं मन्त्रजपः सेवनमेव च
Worship, praise, recitation of mantras, and service—
निवेदनं तस्य दास्यं नवधा भक्तिलक्षणम्
Offering, servitude to Him—these are the nine marks of devotion.
न च विघ्नो भवेत्तस्य परमायुर्न नश्यति
No obstacle arises for him, and his supreme lifespan is not destroyed.