Verse 5

¹The Bhagavan himself is even-handed toward living beings, brahmin, dear to them and their friend. How then did he kill the Daityas for Indra's sake, like a man who takes sides? ²He has no business with the hosts of gods, being himself the highest good outright; nor has he any hatred of the antigods, nor any alarm, since he is beyond the strands. ³So, greatly favoured one, a very great doubt has come up in us about what Narayana is like, and you ought to cut it away. ⁴Well asked, great king. The doings of Hari are a wonder; and the greatness of the Lord's own makes devotion to the Bhagavan grow. ⁵It is the highest and holiest thing, sung by the sages, Narada and the rest. Bowing to Krsna the sage, I shall tell the story of Hari.