yac-chrnvato 'paity aratir vitrsna
sattvam ca suddhyaty acirena pumsah
bhaktir harau tat-puruse ca sakhyam
tad eva haram vada manyase cet
sri-raja uvaca-the King inquired (from Sukadeva Gosvami); yena yena avatarena-the pastimes exhibited by different varieties of incarnations; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; harih-the Lord; isvarah-the controller; karoti-presents; karna-ramyani-were all very pleasing to the ear; manah-jnani-very attractive to the mind; ca-also; nah-of us; prabho-my lord, Sukadeva Gosvami; yat-srnvatah-of anyone who simply hears these narrations; apaiti-vanishes; aratih-unattractiveness; vitrsna-dirty things within the mind that make us uninterested in Krsna consciousness; sattvam ca-the existential position in the core of the heart; suddhyati-becomes purified; acirena-very soon; pumsah-of any person; bhaktih harau-devotional attachment and service to the Lord; tat-puruse-with Vaisnavas; ca-also; sakhyam-attraction to association; tat eva-that only; haram-the activities of the Lord, which should be heard and kept on the neck as a garland; vada-kindly speak; manyase-you think it fit; cet-if.