Verse 1

Verse 2

Verse 3

Verse 4

Verse 5

Verse 1

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, Who descended in the province of Mathurā, O Lord Who gives the great gift of pure love for Yourself, O Perfromer of extraordinary pastimes, O great Treasure-house of various kinds of sweetness, O Lord Who is full of transcendental opulences, great mercy and majesty. All glories unto You.

Verse 2

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, O Deliverer of the Pāṇḍavas and Protector of King Parīkṣit, everyone should hear talks in relation with You, just as King Parīkṣit who enquired about Your pastimes.

Verse 3

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, you are situated within and without eve4rything and You appropriately grant happiness and distress to the devotees and the impious. King Parīkṣit, full of doubts, and very eager to hear, enquired about You and Your pastimes.

Verse 4

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, the nectar of the topics in relation to you were spoken by Sukadeva Gosvāmī, and those topics became the very life-breath of King Parīkṣit, who had abandoned all other food and drink. O Lord, when the entire earth was afflicted by a great horde of demonic kings, the earth became distressed and bitterly lamented.

Verse 5

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, hearing the lament of Mother Earth, Lord Brahma and the other demigods approached the ocean of milk. Staying there in meditation, Lord Brahma heard Your words of instruction which delighted the pious devotees on the earth planet.