श्रीउद्धव उवाच यस्त्वयाभिहित: पूर्वं धर्मस्त्वद्भक्तिलक्षण: । वर्णाश्रमाचारवतां सर्वेषां द्विपदामपि ॥ १ ॥ यथानुष्ठीयमानेन त्वयि भक्तिर्नृणां भवेत् । स्वधर्मेणारविन्दाक्ष तन् ममाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥ २ ॥
śrī-uddhava uvāca yas tvayābhihitaḥ pūrvaṁ dharmas tvad-bhakti-lakṣaṇaḥ varṇāśramācāravatāṁ sarveṣāṁ dvi-padām api yathānuṣṭhīyamānena tvayi bhaktir nṛṇāṁ bhavet sva-dharmeṇāravindākṣa tan mamākhyātum arhasi
- śrī-uddhavaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Uddhava said
- yaḥ
- which
- tvayā
- by You
- abhihitaḥ
- described
- pūrvam
- previously
- dharmaḥ
- religious principles
- tvat-bhakti-lakṣaṇaḥ
- characterized by devotional service to Your Lordship
- varṇa-āśrama
- of the varṇāśrama system
- ācāravatām
- of the faithful followers
- sarveṣām
- of all
- dvi-padām
- of ordinary human beings (who do not follow the varṇāśrama system)
- api
- even
- yathā
- according to
- anuṣṭhīyamānena
- the process being executed
- tvayi
- in You
- bhaktiḥ
- loving service
- nṛṇām
- of human beings
- bhavet
- may be
- sva-dharmeṇa
- by one’s own occupational duty
- aravinda-akṣa
- O lotus-eyed one
- tat
- that
- mama
- to me
- ākhyātum
- to explain
- arhasi
- You ought
Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Lord, previously You described the principles of devotional service that are to be practiced by followers of the varṇāśrama system and even ordinary, unregulated human beings. My dear lotus-eyed Lord, now please explain to me how all human beings can achieve loving service unto You by the execution of their prescribed duties.