श्रीउद्धव उवाच विधिश्च प्रतिषेधश्च निगमो हीश्वरस्य ते । अवेक्षतेऽरविन्दाक्ष गुणं दोषं च कर्मणाम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-uddhava uvāca vidhiś ca pratiṣedhaś ca nigamo hīśvarasya te avekṣate ’raviṇḍākṣa guṇaṁ doṣaṁ ca karmaṇām
- śrī-uddhavaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Uddhava said
- vidhiḥ
- positive injunction
- ca
- also
- pratiṣedhaḥ
- prohibitive injunction
- ca
- and
- nigamaḥ
- the Vedic literature
- hi
- indeed
- īśvarasya
- of the Lord
- te
- of You
- avekṣate
- focuses upon
- araviṇḍa-akṣa
- O lotus-eyed one
- guṇam
- good or pious qualities
- doṣam
- bad or sinful qualities
- ca
- also
- karmaṇām
- of activities
Śrī Uddhava said: My dear lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa, You are the Supreme Lord, and thus the Vedic literatures, consisting of positive and negative injunctions, constitute Your order. Such literatures focus upon the good and bad qualities of work.