adhunā kāraṇa-tāratamyenaiva kārya-rūpasya mānasya tāratamyaṁ syād ity asya trividhatvaṁ nirūpayati—tāratamyam iti padya-dvayena |
tāratamyaṁ taratamatā nyūnādhikyaṁ mahiṣṭho mahattamaḥ prauḍha iti yāvat |
susādhyaḥ sukhenākṛcchreṇa sādhyate vivartyate, īṣad-duḥsuṣu kṛcchrākṛcchrārtheṣu khalu iti karmaṇi dhātu-mātrasyaiva khal-vidhānāt |
yatnena sādhyate iti yatna-sādhyaḥ |
ṛ-halor ṇyat iti karmaṇi ṇyat |
upāyena sāmādinā karaṇena preyasā priyatamena śrī-kṛṣṇenāpi svayaṁ mahiṣṭho mānaḥ ||