पापानामसदालापैरायुर्याति यथान्वहम् । तदहं कीर्तयिष्यामि तीर्थस्यास्य गुणान्बहून्
pāpānāmasadālāpairāyuryāti yathānvaham | tadahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi tīrthasyāsya guṇānbahūn
“Cũng như kẻ ác phung phí tuổi thọ từng ngày bằng lời nói vô ích, nay ta sẽ kể lại nhiều công đức của thánh địa tīrtha này.”
Nārada
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: A sage-narrator begins a tīrtha-māhātmya discourse; on one side people squander time in idle talk, on the other attentive listeners sit with folded hands as the sacred place’s virtues are proclaimed.
Speech shapes destiny: idle talk drains life, while sacred narration (kīrtana) turns time into merit.
The tīrtha is referenced as “this tīrtha,” but its name is not given in the verse.
Kīrtana—devotional recitation/proclamation of tīrtha-māhātmya—is presented as a wholesome practice.