yad-viśrutiḥ śruti-nutedam alaḿ punāti
pādāvanejana-payaś ca vacaś ca śāstram
bhūḥ kāla-bharjita-bhagāpi yad-ańghri-padma-
sparśottha-śaktir abhivarṣati no 'khilārthān
tad-darśana-sparśanānupatha-prajalpa-
śayyāsanāśana-sayauna-sapiṇḍa-bandhaḥ
yeṣāḿ gṛhe niraya-vartmani vartatāḿ vaḥ
svargāpavarga-viramaḥ svayam āsa viṣṇuḥ
yat -- whose; visrutih -- fame; sruti -- by the Vedas; nuta -- vibrated; idam -- this (universe); alam -- thoroughly; punati -- purifies; pada -- whose feet; avanejana -- washing; payah -- the water; ca -- and; vacah -- words; ca -- and; sastram -- the revealed scriptures; bhuh -- the earth; kala -- by time; bharjita -- ravaged; bhaga -- whose good fortune; api -- even; yat -- whose; anghri -- of the feet; padma -- lotuslike; sparsa -- by the touch; uttha -- wakened; saktih -- whose energy; abhivarshati -- abundantly rains; nah -- upon us; akhila -- all; arthan -- objects of desire; tat -- Him; darsana -- with seeing; sparsana -- touching; anupatha -- walking alongside; prajalpa -- conversing with; sayya -- lying down to take rest; asana -- sitting; asana -- eating; sa-yauna -- in relationships through marriage; sa-pinda -- and in blood relationships; bandhah -- connections; yesham -- in whose; grihe -- family life; niraya -- of hell; vartmani -- upon the path; vartatam -- who travel; vah -- your; svarga -- of (desire for attaining) heaven; apavarga -- and liberation; viramah -- the (cause of) cessation; svayam -- in person; asa -- has been present; vishnuh -- the Supreme Lord Vishnu.
His fame, as broadcast by the Vedas, the water that has washed His feet, and the words He speaks in the form of the revealed scriptures -- these thoroughly purify this universe. Although the earth's good fortune was ravaged by time, the touch of His lotus feet has revitalized her, and thus she is raining down on us the fulfillment of all our desires. The same Lord Vishnu who makes one forget the goals of heaven and liberation has now entered into marital and blood relationships with you, who otherwise travel on the hellish path of family life. Indeed, in these relationships you see and touch Him directly, walk beside Him, converse with Him, and together with Him lie down to rest, sit at ease and take your meals.
All Vedic mantras glorify Lord Vishnu; this truth is supported with elaborate evidence by learned acaryas like Ramanuja, in his Vedartha-sangraha, and Madhva, in his Rig-veda-bhashya. The words Vishnu Himself speaks, such as the Bhagavad-gita, are the confidential essence of all scripture. In His manifestation as Vyasadeva, the Supreme Lord composed both the Vedanta-sutras and Mahabharata, and this Mahabharata includes Sri Krishna's personal statement: vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo/ vedanta-krid veda-vid eva caham. "By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas." (Bhagavad-gita 15.15)
When Lord Vishnu appeared before Bali Maharaja to beg three steps of land, the Lord's second step pierced the shells of the universe. The water of the transcendental river Viraja, lying just outside the universal egg, thus seeped inside, washing Lord Vamana's foot and flowing down to become the Ganges River. Because of the sanctity of its origin, the Ganges is generally considered the most holy of rivers. But even more potent is the water of the Yamuna, where Lord Vishnu in His original form of Govinda played with His intimate companions.
In these two verses the assembled kings praise the special merit of Lord Krishna's Yadu clan. Not only do they see Krishna, but they are also directly connected with Him by dual bonds of marital and blood relationships. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti suggests that the word bandha, beside its more obvious meaning of "relation," can also be understood in the sense of "capture," expressing that the love the Yadus feel for the Lord obliges Him always to stay with them.
