Persons are very rare, O king, who are devoted whole-mindedly to Narayana. If, O son of Kuru's race, the world has been full of such persons, who are full of universal mercy, who are possessed of the knowledge of the soul, and who are always busy with doing good to others, then the Krita age would have begun and all men would have undertaken works without desire of fruit.
एकान्तिनो हि पुरुषा दुर्लभा बहवो नृप। यद्येकान्तिभिराकीर्णं जगत् स्यात् कुरुनन्दन॥ अहिंसकैरात्मविद्भिः सर्वभूतहिते रतैः। भवेत् कृतयुगप्राप्तिराशी: कर्मविवर्जिताः॥