I think, therefore, that there is nothing holier on earth or in heaven and nothing higher than Narayana. A sojourn to all the sacred places on Earth, and ablutions performed in all were the sacred waters, do not produce so much merit as a discourse that has Narayana for its subject. Having listened to this discourse from the beginning,-this discourse on Hari, the lord of the universe, which dissipates all sins, we feel that we have been purged off of all our sins, and sanctified entirely. Nothing wonderful was done by my ancestor Dhananjaya whose was the victory in the great battle on Kurukshetra, for it should be remembered that he had Vasudeva for his friend. I think that that person could have nothing unattainable in the three-worlds, who had for his friend Vishnu himself, that great Lord of the universe! Highly fortunate and and commendable those ancestors of mine, since they had Janarddana himself for superintending their temporal and spiritual prosperity. Worshipped of all the worlds, the holy Narayana is capable of being seen with the help of austerities alone.
न ततोऽस्ति परं मन्ये पावनं दिवि चेह च॥ सर्वाश्रमाभिगमनं सर्वतीर्थावगाहनम्। न तथा फलदं चापि नारायणकथा यथा॥ सर्वथा पाविताः स्मेह श्रुत्वेमामादितः कथाम्। हरेविश्वेश्वरस्येह सर्वपापप्रणाशनीम्॥ न चित्रं कृतवांस्तत्र यदार्यो मे धनंजयः। वासुदेवसहायो यः प्राप्तवाञ्जयमुत्तमम्॥ न चास्य किंचिदप्राप्यं मन्ये लोकेष्वपि त्रिषु। त्रैलोक्यनाथो विष्णुः स यथाऽऽसीत् साह्यकृत् स वै। धन्याश्च सर्व एवासन् ब्रह्मस्ते मम पूर्वजाः। हिताय श्रेयसे चैव येषामसीज्जनार्दनः॥ तपसाथ सुदृश्यो हि भगवाल्लोकपूजितः।