Chapter 8
सूत उवाच प्रश्नस्त्वया महर्षेऽयं कृतो लोकभ्रमापह: । नारायणकथा यत्र गीता कलिमलापहा ॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration
sūta uvāca praśnas tvayā maharṣe ’yaṁ kṛto loka-bhramāpahaḥ nārāyaṇa-kathā yatra gītā kali-malāpahā
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; praśnaḥ — question; tvayā — by you; mahā-ṛṣe — O great sage, Śaunaka; ayam — this; kṛtaḥ — made; loka — of the entire world; bhrama — the delusion; apahaḥ — which takes away; nārāyaṇa-kathā — discussion of the Supreme Lord, Nārāyaṇa; yatra — in which; gītā — is sung; kali-mala — the contamination of the present Age of Kali; apahā — removing.
Translation
“Sūta Gosvāmī said: O great sage Śaunaka, your very question will help remove everyone’s illusion, for it leads to the topics of Lord Nārāyaṇa, which cleanse away the contamination of this Kali age.”