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ऋषिरुवाच
न वै महाराज भगवतो मायागुणविभूतेः काष्ठां मनसा वचसा वाधिगन्तुमलं विबुधायुषापि पुरुषस्तस्मात्प्राधान्येनैव भूगोलकविशेषं नामरूपमानलक्षणतो व्याख्यास्यामः. ॥ ४ ॥
 
rsir uvaca
na vai maharaja bhagavato maya-guna-vibhuteh kastham manasa
vacasa vadhigantum alam vibudhayusapi purusas tasmat pradhan-
yenaiva bhu-golaka-visesam nama-rupa-mana-laksanato
vyakhyasyamah.
rsih uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak; na-not; vai-indeed; maha-raja-O great King; bhagavatah-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; maya-guna-vibhuteh-of the transformation of the qualities of the material energy; kastham-the end; manasa-by the mind; vacasa-by words; va-either; adhigantum-to understand fully; alam-capable; vibudha-ayusa-with a duration of life like that of Brahma; api-even; purusah-a person; tasmat-therefore; pradhanyena-by a general description of the chief places; eva-certainly; bhu-golaka-visesam-the particular description of Bhuloka; nama-rupa-names and forms; mana-measurements; laksanatah-according to symptoms; vyakhyasyamah-I shall try to explain.