With reverence and humility, the devotee bows to the eternal Rudra, the inner Self, acknowledging Him as the destroyer of beings whose essence is Rudra and who indeed dances. The devotee offers salutations to the all-pervading Lord, from whom all beings have arisen, recognizing that all are but portions of His vast being, and that all existence is but a single portion of His infinite self. The devotee bows again to the infinite one who abides in the midst of all. Then, seeking purification, the devotee prays that Viṣṇu may destroy all sins—those discerned by knowledge and those accumulated through actions over many births. The devotee asks that sins committed at the junctions of the day, whether by deed, mind, or speech, and any inauspicious acts done by body, mind, or speech, may be swiftly dissolved through the praise of Vāsudeva. Even the reproach arising from harming others, especially when directed at great souls, is prayed to be dissolved in water, just as salt disappears when immersed. Whatever has been done in other births or in the course of life, let it likewise be dissolved, vanishing like salt in water. With devotion, the devotee offers repeated salutations to Janārdana, to Kṛṣṇa, honoring Him who slew Ariṣṭa, Keśi, Caṇūra, and the enemies of the gods. The devotee marvels: who else but Kṛṣṇa could destroy the pride of the king of the Haihayas, or slay Daśagrīva with his ministers and city? He alone is the slayer and chastiser, the god of gods. The devotee prays that, whether sins arise from knowledge or ignorance, from association with what is desired or undesired, whether they are called great or subsidiary sins, let all of them be destroyed for yogins, as raw meat dissolves in water. Whoever gives or recites this hymn daily achieves both—the merit of giving and of reciting—and attains the world of Viṣṇu, as truly declared. Terrified, the demon is urged to release the devotee. The twice-born, free from desire, again addresses the night-wanderer, speaking of the hymn to Viṣṇu composed by Sarasvatī. She had spoken this hymn to Viṣṇu, which brings peace to all. Through praising Keśava, the removal of the sin born of the curse may be obtained. With firm devotion, one is freed from sin, for when Hari is praised with devotion, He removes all sins of people. At that very moment, the glorious, self-controlled one went to Śālagrāma, intent on austerity. Devoted to divine rites, the night-wanderer performed austerities, and, freed from all sin, attained the world of Viṣṇu. The hymn, properly uttered by Sarasvatī and dwelling in the mouth of the Brāhmaṇa, grants liberation from all sins to whoever recites it. With renewed devotion, the devotee proclaims: "O Vāsudeva, salutations to you; O multiformed one, I bow to you. O Śrīnivāsa, salutations to you; salutations to you, creator of beings." Thus, the story flows in praise and purification, culminating in liberation through devotion and the grace of Viṣṇu.