न जहाति समीपं च क्षणं तस्य हरिः स्वयम्
Hari Himself does not leave his side, not even for a moment.
सुदर्शनं भ्रमत्येव तस्य पार्श्वे दिवानिशम्
The Sudarshana disc ever circles at his side, day and night.
व्याधयो विपदः शोका विप्राश्च न प्रयांति तम्
Diseases, calamities, sorrows, and hostile brahmins do not approach him.
ऋषयो मुनयः सिद्धाः सन्तुष्टाः सर्वदेवताः 4.1.
The sages, seers, perfected beings, and all the gods are satisfied.
तव कृष्णकथायां च रतिरात्यंतिकी सदा
And in your Krishna-katha there is always supreme and constant delight.
विप्रेंद्र का प्रशंसेयं जन्म ते ब्रह्ममानसे
O best of brahmins, what praise can be spoken of your birth from the mind of Brahma?
पिता विधाता जगतां कृष्णपादाब्जसेवया
The father, the creator of the worlds, by serving Krishna's lotus feet—
रतिः कृष्णकथायां च यस्याश्रुपुलकोद्गमः
Whose love for Krishna-katha brings forth tears and horripilation—
पुत्रदारादिकं सर्वं जानाति श्रीहरेरिति
He knows all his sons, wives, and others as belonging to Sri Hari.
निर्जने तीर्थसंपर्के निःसंगा ये मुदाऽन्विताः
Those who, in solitude and at holy places, are joyfully detached—
दयाऽस्ति सर्वजीवेषु सर्वं कृष्णम यं जगत्
Who have compassion for all beings, and see the whole world as Krishna—
लब्धानीष्टानि वस्तूनि प्रदातुं हरये मुदा
They joyfully offer to Hari whatever desirable things they have obtained.
यन्मनो हरिपादाब्जे स्वप्ने ज्ञाने दिवानिशम् 4.1.
Whose mind is fixed upon the lotus feet of Hari, in dream, in knowledge, day and night,
गुरुवक्त्राद्विष्णुमंत्रो यस्य कर्णे विशत्यलम्
Into whose ear the mantra of Vishnu enters abundantly from the mouth of the guru,
पूर्वान्त्सप्त परान्त्सप्त सप्त मातामहादिकान्
Seven ancestors before and seven descendants after, including maternal relatives,
कलत्रं कन्यकां बंधुं शिष्यं दौहित्रमात्मनः
Wife, daughter, relatives, disciple, grandson, and one's own self,
सदा वांछति तीर्थानि वैष्णवस्पर्शदर्शने
Always desires holy places and the touch and sight of Vaishnavas,
गोदोहनक्षणं यावद्यत्र तिष्ठंति वैष्णवाः
As long as the time for milking cows lasts, wherever Vaishnavas reside,
ध्रुवं तत्र मृतः पापी मुक्तो याति हरेः पदम्
Certainly, if a sinner dies there, he is liberated and attains the abode of Hari.
तुलसीकानने गोष्ठे श्रीकृष्णमंदिरे परे
In a grove of tulasi, in a cowshed, or in the supreme temple of Shri Krishna,
पापानि पापिनां यांति तीर्थस्नानावगाहनात्
The sins of sinners depart through bathing and immersion in holy places.
न हि स्थातुं शक्नुवंति पापान्येव कृतानि च
Indeed, committed sins cannot remain there.
भक्तं वर्त्मनि गच्छंतं ये ये पश्यंति मानवाः 4.1.
Whoever sees a devotee walking on the path,
ये निंदंति हृषीकेशं तद्भक्तं पुण्यरूपिणम्
Those who revile Hrishikesha or his devotee, who is the embodiment of virtue,
ते पच्यंते महाघोरे कुंभीपाके भयानके
They are cooked in the dreadful and terrifying Kumbhipaka hell.
तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण पुण्यं नश्यति निश्चितम्
By merely seeing him, one's merit is certainly destroyed.
वैष्णवस्पर्शमात्रेण मुक्तो भवति पातकी
By merely touching a Vaishnava, even a sinner becomes liberated.
इत्येवं कथितो विप्र विष्णुवैष्णवयोर्गुणः
Thus, O Brahmin, the qualities of Vishnu and the Vaishnavas have been described.
यं यं विधाय भूमौ स जगाम स्वालयं विभुः
Whatever he established on earth, the Lord then returned to his own abode.
भारावतरणोपायं दुष्टानां च वधोद्यमम्
The means for removing the burden and the effort for destroying the wicked.