श्रीवसुदेव उवाच नमो व: सर्वदेवेभ्य ऋषय: श्रोतुमर्हथ । कर्मणा कर्मनिर्हारो यथा स्यान्नस्तदुच्यताम् ॥ २९ ॥
śrī-vasudeva uvāca namo vaḥ sarva-devebhya ṛṣayaḥ śrotum arhatha karmaṇā karma-nirhāro yathā syān nas tad ucyatām
- śrī-vasudevaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Vasudeva said
- namaḥ
- obeisances
- vaḥ
- to you
- sarva
- all
- devebhyaḥ
- (who comprise) the demigods
- ṛṣayaḥ
- O sages
- śrotum arhatha
- please listen
- karmaṇā
- by material work
- karma
- of (previous) work
- nirhāraḥ
- the purging
- yathā
- how
- syāt
- there may be
- naḥ
- to us
- tat
- that
- ucyatām
- please say
Śrī Vasudeva said: Obeisances to you, the residence of all the demigods. Please hear me, O sages. Kindly tell us how the reactions of one’s work can be counteracted by further work.