Shloka 2

उपमन्युना कृष्णाय पाशुपतज्ञान-प्रदानम् तथा दानविधि-फलश्रुतिः

Devanagari script

कथं लब्धं तदा ज्ञानं तस्मात्कृष्णेन धीमता वक्तुमर्हसि तां सूत कथां पातकनाशिनीम्

Transliteration

kathaṃ labdhaṃ tadā jñānaṃ tasmātkṛṣṇena dhīmatā vaktumarhasi tāṃ sūta kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm

Translation

ਉਹ ਗਿਆਨ ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਉਸ ਧੀਮਾਨ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ? ਹੇ ਸੂਤ, ਉਹ ਪਾਪ-ਨਾਸ਼ਕ ਕਥਾ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਹਿਣ ਯੋਗ ਹੋ।

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?

• लब्धम्: obtained/attained

• तदा: then/at that time

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge (jñāna)

• तस्मात्: from him/therefore

• कृष्णेन: by Kṛṣṇa

• धीमता: by the wise one

• वक्तुम्: to tell/speak

• अर्हसि: you are worthy/you should

• ताम्: that

• सूत: O Sūta

• कथाम्: narrative/account

• पातकनाशिनीम्: sin-destroying (that which removes pāpa).

Speaker

Sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (addressing Sūta Gosvāmin)