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.
अधुना गोपवेषं च गोकुलागमनं हरेः
Now, the Lord's adoption of the cowherd form and His arrival in Gokula.
शंखचूडवधं पूर्वं संक्षेपात्कथितं श्रुतम्
The slaying of Shankhachuda was previously narrated briefly and heard.
श्रीदाम्नः कलहश्चैव बभूव राधया सह
A quarrel arose between Shri Dam and Radha.
राधां शशाप श्रीदामा याहि योनिं च मानवीम्
Shri Dam cursed Radha, saying, 'Go and take birth in a human womb.'
भीता श्रीदामशापात्सा श्रीकृष्णं समुवाच ह
Frightened by Shri Dam's curse, she spoke to Shri Krishna.
कमुपायं करिष्यामि वद मां भयभंजन
I will undertake a means to fulfill desire; tell me, O destroyer of fear.
क्षणमेकं युगशतं कालनाथ त्वया विना
O Lord of Time, a single moment without You is like a hundred ages.
शरत्पार्वणचंद्राभं क्षुधापूर्णाननं तव 4.2.
Your face, full with hunger, is like the moon on the autumn festival night.
त्वमात्मा मे मनः प्राणा देहमात्रं वहाम्यहम्
You are my soul, my mind, my life; I merely carry this body.
स्वप्ने ज्ञाने त्वयि मनः स्मरामि त्वत्पदांबुजम्
In dream and in waking, my mind remembers Your lotus feet.