L1citation
tvat-kathāmṛta-pāthodhau viharanto mahā-mudaḥ |
tvat-kathāmṛta-pāthodhauin the nectar-ocean that is the telling of your deeds — the place where they play; "pāthodhau" simply means "in the ocean" (Viśvanātha) locative of place (bahuvrīhi + tatpuruṣa compound); pāthodhi = oceanआपकी कथारूपी अमृत के सागर में
viharantaḥas they play about, sporting freely there present participle, nom. pl., agreeing with kṛtinaḥ in L2विहार करते हुए
mahā-mudaḥbrimming with great joy — "filled with the highest bliss" (Viśvanātha: paramānanda-yuktāḥ) bahuvrīhi, nom. pl.: "those whose joy is great"जिनका आनन्द महान् है
kecit kṛtinaḥ (L2) — some blessed people; tvat-kathāmṛta-pāthodhau — in the nectar-ocean of the telling of your deeds; viharantaḥ — playing about; mahā-mudaḥ — brimming with great joy.
tvat-kathāmṛta-pāthodhau — आपकी कथारूपी अमृत के सागर में; viharantaḥ — विहार करते हुए; mahā-mudaḥ — जिनका आनन्द महान् है
This is a prayer spoken to Kṛṣṇa. The telling of your deeds is like an ocean of nectar. Certain blessed people plunge in and play there freely. They are brimming with great joy. Viśvanātha notes only two words here: "pāthodhi" just means "the ocean," and "mahā-mudaḥ" means "filled with the highest bliss."
जो आपकी कथारूपी अमृत के सागर में विहार करते हैं, और जिनका आनन्द महान् है।
Why cited: cited to show that devotees absorbed in hearing Kṛṣṇa's deeds are so full of joy that they treat even the highest human goals as worthless — proof of bhakti's supremacy over mukti.
क्यों उद्धृत: यह श्लोक इसलिए उद्धृत है कि कृष्ण-कथा के श्रवण में डूबे भक्त इतने आनन्दमग्न हो जाते हैं कि वे सर्वोच्च पुरुषार्थ को भी तुच्छ मानते हैं — यही भक्ति की मुक्ति पर श्रेष्ठता का प्रमाण है।
kathā here is not mere "story" but the recounting of Kṛṣṇa's acts; "amṛta" (the deathless nectar of the gods) is used figuratively for how sweet and life-giving that hearing is.
यहाँ 'कथा' का अर्थ केवल 'कहानी' नहीं, अपितु कृष्ण की लीलाओं का श्रवण-कीर्तन है; और 'अमृत' (देवताओं का मृत्युहारी पेय) यहाँ लाक्षणिक है — वह श्रवण कितना मधुर और जीवनदायी है, यही दिखाने के लिए।
L2citation
kurvanti kṛtinaḥ kecit catur-vargaṁ tṛṇopamam ||
kurvantithey make, they turn [it] into present indicative, 3rd pl.; takes catur-vargam as object and tṛṇopamam as predicateकर देते हैं
kṛtinaḥthe blessed ones — those whose life has truly succeeded nom. pl.; kṛtin = "one who has done [the right thing]," hence fortunate/accomplishedपुण्यवान् (कृतार्थ) जन
kecita certain few — only some, not everyone nom. pl. indefinite; underscores how rare such people areकोई विरले ही
catur-vargamthe group of four life-goals — right conduct, wealth, pleasure, and even liberation acc. sg.; the four puruṣārthas: dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣaचारों पुरुषार्थों को (धर्म, अर्थ, काम, मोक्ष)
tṛṇopamamas good as a blade of grass — something you would just step over acc. sg. bahuvrīhi: "having a blade of grass for its likeness"तृण के समान (तुच्छ)
kecit kṛtinaḥ — a certain few blessed people; catur-vargam — the set of four life-goals; tṛṇopamam — [something] like a blade of grass; kurvanti — they make.
kurvanti — कर देते हैं; kṛtinaḥ — पुण्यवान् जन; kecit — कोई विरले ही; catur-vargam — चारों पुरुषार्थों को (धर्म, अर्थ, काम, मोक्ष); tṛṇopamam — तृण के समान
A certain few truly blessed people do this. They take the four great life-goals — right conduct, wealth, pleasure, and even liberation — and treat them as no better than a blade of grass. Because their joy in hearing about you is so complete, what everyone else chases looks to them like a bit of straw to step over.
कोई विरले पुण्यवान् जन ही चारों पुरुषार्थों — धर्म, अर्थ, काम और मोक्ष — को तृण के समान तुच्छ कर देते हैं।
Why cited: cited to prove bhakti's supremacy: for one steeped in Kṛṣṇa-kathā, even mokṣa — the goal others prize above all — is reduced to straw.
क्यों उद्धृत: यह भक्ति की श्रेष्ठता सिद्ध करने के लिए उद्धृत है — कृष्ण-कथा में रमे हुए पुरुष के लिए मोक्ष, जिसे अन्य सबसे ऊपर मानते हैं, तृण के समान हो जाता है।
catur-varga = the four puruṣārthas (dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa), the standard aims of human life; the force of the verse is that these blessed few dismiss even mokṣa, the highest of the four.
'चतुर्वर्ग' अर्थात् चार पुरुषार्थ — धर्म, अर्थ, काम और मोक्ष — मनुष्य-जीवन के प्रसिद्ध लक्ष्य; श्लोक का बल यह है कि वे विरले धन्य पुरुष इनमें से सर्वोच्च मोक्ष को भी तृण-तुल्य ठहरा देते हैं।