Synonyms
yat — whose; kīrtanam — glorification; yat — whose; smaraṇam — remembrances; yat — whose; īkṣaṇam — audience; yat — whose; vandanam — prayers; yat — whose; śravaṇam — hearing about; yat — whose; arhaṇam — worshiping; lokasya — of all people; sadyaḥ — forthwith; vidhunoti — specifically cleanses; kalmaṣam — effects of sins; tasmai — unto Him; subhadra — all-auspicious; śravase — one who is heard; namaḥ — my due obeisances; namaḥ — again and again.

Translation
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the all-auspicious Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, about whom glorification, remembrances, audience, prayers, hearing and worship can at once cleanse the effects of all sins of the performer.

Synonyms
kirāta — a province of old Bhārata; hūṇa — part of Germany and Russia; āndhra — a province of southern India; pulinda — the Greeks; pulkaśāḥ — another province; ābhīra — part of old Sind; śumbhāḥ — another province; yavanāḥ — the Turks; khasa-ādayaḥ — the Mongolian province; ye — even those; anye — others; ca — also; pāpāḥ — addicted to sinful acts; yat — whose; apāśraya-āśrayāḥ — having taken shelter of the devotees of the Lord; śudhyanti — at once purified; tasmai — unto Him; prabhaviṣṇave — unto the powerful Viṣṇu; namaḥ — my respectful obeisances.

Translation
Kirāta, Hūṇa, Āndhra, Pulinda, Pulkaśa, Ābhīra, Śumbha, Yavana, members of the Khasa races and even others addicted to sinful acts can be purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the Lord, due to His being the supreme power. I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.

Synonyms
kathayasva — please continue speaking; mahā-bhāga — O greatly fortunate one; yathā — as much as; aham — I; akhila-ātmani — unto the Supreme Soul; kṛṣṇe — unto Lord Kṛṣṇa; niveśya — fixing; niḥsaṅgam — without being contaminated; manaḥ — mind; tyakṣye — may quit; kalevaram — this material body.

Translation
O greatly fortunate one, please continue speaking about Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so that I may fix my mind upon Him without contamination and thus quit this material body.

Synonyms
etat — this; eva — certainly; hi — indeed; saṁsāra — material existence; cintām — anxieties; kṣapayitum — to minimize; kṣamam — able; tat-vijñānam — knowledge of Him; na — not; hi — certainly; kṣemam — welfare; yatra — where; na — not; asti — there is; hareḥ — of the Lord; guṇaḥ — transcendental quality.

Translation
This knowledge of the Supreme Lord is able to minimize the anxieties of material existence, but where there is no knowledge of the transcendental qualities of the Lord, there is no welfare.

Synonyms
saḥ — that; vai — certainly; bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dharmaḥ — occupational duty; yatra — wherein; parama-maṅgalam — supreme auspiciousness; bhaktiḥ — devotional service; saṁsāra — material existence; tāpa-traya — threefold miseries; nāśanī — destroyer; śānti-kāriṇī — bestower of peace.

Translation
The occupational duty of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is devotional service, wherein there is supreme auspiciousness and which destroys the threefold miseries of material existence and bestows peace.

Synonyms
dhauta-ātmā — whose heart has been cleansed; puruṣaḥ — the living being; kṛṣṇa — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pāda-mūlam — the shelter of the lotus feet; na — never; muñcati — gives up; muktaḥ — liberated; api — although; saḥ — he; vai — certainly; kālena — in due course; bhakti-yogena — by devotional service; labhyate — is achieved.

Translation
A pure devotee of the Lord whose heart has once been cleansed by the process of devotional service never relinquishes the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, although he may be liberated.

Synonyms
jñānam — knowledge; parama — most; guhyam — confidential; me — of Me; yat — which; vijñāna — scientific knowledge; samanvitam — full of; sa-rahasyam — with mystery; tat-aṅgam — its limbs; ca — also; gṛhāṇa — just try to take; gaditam — explained; mayā — by Me.

Translation
Knowledge of Me is most confidential and full of scientific understanding along with its limbs and mysteries. Now hear it explained by Me.

Synonyms
aham — I; eva — only; āsam — existed; eva — certainly; agre — before creation; na — not; anyat — anything else; yat — which; sat — effect; asat — cause; param — ultimate; paścāt — afterward; aham — I; yat — which; etat — this creation; ca — also; yaḥ — who; avaśiṣyeta — remains; saḥ — that; asmi — am; aham — I.

Translation
Brahmā, it is I, the Personality of Godhead, who was existing before the creation, when there was nothing but Myself. Nor was there the material nature, the cause of this material manifestation. Afterward, I Myself remained, and this creation also remained, and I am that which remains.

Synonyms
ṛte — without; artham — value; yat — that which; pratīyeta — appears; na — not; pratīyeta — appears; ca — and; ātmani — in the soul; tat — that; vidyāt — you must know; ātmanaḥ — of the self; māyām — illusion; yathā — as; ābhāsaḥ — reflection; yathā — as; tamaḥ — darkness.

Translation
O Brahmā, whatever appears to be of value, if it is without relation to Me, has no reality. Know it to be My māyā, like a reflection or darkness.

Synonyms
yathā — as; mahānti — the universes; bhūtāni — elements; bhūteṣu — within the elements; uccāvac eṣu — high and low; anu — minute; praviṣṭāni — entered; apraviṣṭāni — not entered; tathā — similarly; teṣu — in them; na — not; teṣu — in them; aham — I.

Translation
O Brahmā, please know that the universal elements enter into the cosmos and at the same time do not enter into the cosmos; similarly, I Myself also exist within everything created, and at the same time I am outside of everything.

Synonyms
etāvān — up to this; eva — only; loke — in this world; asmin — this; puruṣasya — of the living entity; nipuṇatā — perfection; yat — that; jīvetaḥ — while living; śaśvat — eternally; api — even; kṛṣṇa-kathāsu — in topics of Kṛṣṇa; ramate — takes pleasure.

Translation
The perfection of human life is attained when one remains undisturbed in topics of Kṛṣṇa even while living in this world eternally.

Synonyms
nirodhaḥ — the winding up of the cosmic manifestation; asya — of this; anusayanam — resting; tataḥ — thereafter; śaktiḥ — the energy; sasarjire — created; saḥ — that; kālaḥ — time; parama-aṇu-ādiḥ — beginning from the atoms; jagat — of the universe; pralaya-kāraṇaḥ — the cause of annihilation.

Translation
The winding up of the cosmic manifestation is called annihilation, which takes place by the resting of the sleeping energy. Time is measured in terms of atoms and is the cause of the annihilation of the material universe.