श्रीवसुदेव उवाच भगवन् भवतो यात्रा स्वस्तये सर्वदेहिनाम् । कृपणानां यथा पित्रोरुत्तमश्लोकवर्त्मनाम् ॥ ४ ॥
śrī-vasudeva uvāca bhagavan bhavato yātrā svastaye sarva-dehinām kṛpaṇānāṁ yathā pitror uttama-śloka-vartmanām
- śrī-vasudevaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Vasudeva said
- bhagavan
- O lord
- bhavataḥ
- of your good self
- yātrā
- the coming
- svastaye
- for the benefit
- sarva-dehinām
- of all embodied beings
- kṛpaṇānām
- of the most wretched
- yathā
- as
- pitroḥ
- that of a father
- uttama-śloka
- the Supreme Lord, who is praised by excellent verses
- vartmanām
- of those who are fixed on the path toward
Śrī Vasudeva said: My lord, your visit, like that of a father to his children, is for the benefit of all living beings. You especially help the most wretched among them, as well as those who are advanced on the path toward the Supreme Lord, Uttamaśloka.