श्रीराजोवाच येन येनावतारेण भगवान् हरिरीश्वर: । करोति कर्णरम्याणि मनोज्ञानि च न: प्रभो ॥ १ ॥ यच्छृण्वतोऽपैत्यरतिर्वितृष्णा सत्त्वं च शुद्ध्यत्यचिरेण पुंस: । भक्तिर्हरौ तत्पुरुषे च सख्यं तदेव हारं वद मन्यसे चेत् ॥ २ ॥
śrī-rājovāca yena yenāvatāreṇa bhagavān harir īśvaraḥ karoti karṇa-ramyāṇi mano-jñāni ca naḥ prabho yac-chṛṇvato ’paity aratir vitṛṣṇā sattvaṁ ca śuddhyaty acireṇa puṁsaḥ bhaktir harau tat-puruṣe ca sakhyaṁ tad eva hāraṁ vada manyase cet
- śrī-rājā uvāca
- the King inquired (from Śukadeva Gosvāmī)
- yena yena avatāreṇa
- the pastimes exhibited by different varieties of incarnations
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- hariḥ
- the Lord
- īśvaraḥ
- the controller
- karoti
- presents
- karṇa-ramyāṇi
- were all very pleasing to the ear
- manaḥ-jñāni
- very attractive to the mind
- ca
- also
- naḥ
- of us
- prabho
- my lord, Śukadeva Gosvāmī
- yat-śṛṇvataḥ
- of anyone who simply hears these narrations
- apaiti
- vanishes
- aratiḥ
- unattractiveness
- vitṛṣṇā
- dirty things within the mind that make us uninterested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
- sattvam ca
- the existential position in the core of the heart
- śuddhyati
- becomes purified
- acireṇa
- very soon
- puṁsaḥ
- of any person
- bhaktiḥ harau
- devotional attachment and service to the Lord
- tat-puruṣe
- with Vaiṣṇavas
- ca
- also
- sakhyam
- attraction to association
- tat eva
- that only
- hāram
- the activities of the Lord, which should be heard and kept on the neck as a garland
- vada
- kindly speak
- manyase
- you think it fit
- cet
- if
King Parīkṣit said: My lord, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, all the various activities exhibited by the incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are certainly pleasing to the ear and to the mind. Simply by one’s hearing of these activities, the dirty things in one’s mind immediately vanish. Generally we are reluctant to hear about the activities of the Lord, but Kṛṣṇa’s childhood activities are so attractive that they are automatically pleasing to the mind and ear. Thus one’s attachment for hearing about material things, which is the root cause of material existence, vanishes, and one gradually develops devotional service to the Supreme Lord, attachment for Him, and friendship with devotees who give us the contribution of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If you think it fit, kindly speak about those activities of the Lord.