पप्रच्छ चेममेवार्थं यन्मां पृच्छथ सत्तमा: । कृष्णानुभावश्रवणे श्रद्दधानो महामना: ॥ ३ ॥ संस्थां विज्ञाय संन्यस्य कर्म त्रैवर्गिकं च यत् । वासुदेवे भगवति आत्मभावं दृढं गत: ॥ ४ ॥
papraccha cemam evartham yan mam prcchatha sattamah krsnanubhava-sravane sraddadhano maha-manah samstham vijnaya sannyasya karma trai-vargikam ca yat vasudeve bhagavati atma-bhavam drdham gatah
- papraccha
- asked
- ca
- also
- imam
- this
- eva
- exactly like
- artham
- purpose
- yat
- that
- mam
- unto me
- prcchatha
- you are asking
- sattamah
- O great sages
- krsna-anubhava
- rapt in thought of Krsna
- sravane
- in hearing
- sraddadhanah
- full of faith
- maha-manah
- the great soul
- samstham
- death
- vijnaya
- being informed
- sannyasya
- renouncing
- karma
- fruitive activities
- trai-vargikam
- the three principles religion, economic development and sense gratification
- ca
- also
- yat
- what it may be
- vasudeve
- unto Lord Krsna
- bhagavati
- the Personality of Godhead
- atma-bhavam
- attraction of love
- drdham
- firmly fixed
- gatah
- achieved
O great sages, the great soul Maharaja Pariksit, constantly rapt in thought of Lord Krsna, knowing well of his imminent death, renounced all sorts of fruitive activities, namely acts of religion, economic development and sense gratification, and thus fixed himself firmly in his natural love for Krsna and asked all these questions, exactly as you are asking me.