न यत्र श्रवणादीनि रक्षोघ्नानि स्वकर्मसु । कुर्वन्ति सात्वतां भर्तुर्यातुधान्यश्च तत्र हि ॥ ३ ॥
na yatra śravaṇādīni rakṣo-ghnāni sva-karmasu kurvanti sātvatāṁ bhartur yātudhānyaś ca tatra hi
- na
- not
- yatra
- wherever
- śravaṇa-ādīni
- the activities of bhakti-yoga, beginning with hearing and chanting
- rakṣaḥ-ghnāni
- the sound vibration to kill all danger and bad elements
- sva-karmasu
- if one is engaged in his own occupational duty
- kurvanti
- such things are done
- sātvatām bhartuḥ
- of the protector of the devotees
- yātudhānyaḥ
- disturbing elements, bad elements
- ca
- also
- tatra hi
- there must be
My dear King, wherever people in any position perform their occupational duties of devotional service by chanting and hearing [śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ], there cannot be any danger from bad elements. Therefore there was no need for anxiety about Gokula while the Supreme Personality of Godhead was personally present.