मृषा गिरस्ता ह्यसतीरसत्कथा न कथ्यते यद् भगवानधोक्षज: । तदेव सत्यं तदुहैव मङ्गलं तदेव पुण्यं भगवद्गुणोदयम् ॥ ४९ ॥
mṛṣā giras tā hy asatīr asat-kathā na kathyate yad bhagavān adhokṣajaḥ tad eva satyaṁ tad u haiva maṅgalaṁ tad eva puṇyaṁ bhagavad-guṇodayam
- mṛṣāḥ
- false
- giraḥ
- words
- tāḥ
- they
- hi
- indeed
- asatīḥ
- untrue
- asat-kathāḥ
- useless discussions of that which is not eternal
- na kathyate
- is not discussed
- yat
- wherein
- bhagavān
- the Personality of Godhead
- adhokṣajaḥ
- the transcendental Lord
- tat
- that
- eva
- alone
- satyam
- true
- tat
- that
- u ha
- indeed
- eva
- alone
- maṅgalam
- auspicious
- tat
- that
- eva
- alone
- puṇyam
- pious
- bhagavat-guṇa
- the qualities of the Supreme Personality
- udayam
- which manifests
Words that do not describe the transcendental Personality of Godhead but instead deal with temporary matters are simply false and useless. Only those words that manifest the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Lord are actually truthful, auspicious and pious.