Śuno He Rasika Jana Kṛṣṇa Guṇa Agaṇana

O tasters of nectar, please hear of Lord Kṛṣṇa's numberless transcendental qualities, qualities that no one has the power to describe in full. Lord Kṛṣṇa is the guru of all the worlds. Lord Kṛṣṇa is a kalpa-vṛkṣa tree. He is the boatman that crosses the ocean of birth and death.

Lord Kṛṣṇa is the perfect physician for one whose heart is tormented. He expertly cures the disease of repeated birth and death. To the souls who have turned away from Him, He gives the nectar of spiritual love. Step by step, He takes them back to His spiritual world.

Lord Kṛṣṇa is an ocean of kindness to the bewildered blind people bound by ropes of karma (materialism) and jñāna (impersonal speculation). Giving them the nectar of His lotus feet, He cures their blindness and transforms them into servants of His feet.

To the devotees who diligently follow the path of vaidhi-bhakti, Lord Kṛṣṇa gives the jewel of independence. He places them on the path of rāga-bhakti. Overcome with ecstatic love, the devotee takes shelter of pārakīya-bhāva. The devotee becomes filled with pure love (prema) for Lord Kṛṣṇa.

For a devotee who always eagerly drinks from the nectar flood of ecstatic spiritual love (prema), Lord Kṛṣṇa becomes the friend or the husband. For the people of Vraja He is the abode of auspiciousness. He is poor and fallen Bhaktivinoda's shelter.