|| ṛṣiaya uvacuḥ || sūta sūta mahaprājña nigamāgampārag | gurusvarupam-asmākaṁ brūhi sarvamalāpaham || 2 ||
- The Sages said: O Sūta, the great wise one, O Sūta, who has acquired thorough mastery over the nigamas and āgamas, please narrate to us the Gurusvarūpa—true nature of Guru, which has the power to remove all impurities.
(notes: agamas are the vedas (vedic principles) and the nigamas are the texts dealing with rituals and injunctions contained in the vedic śaśtras. In the words 'Guru', the syllable 'gu' stands for darkness and 'ru' for the removal of darkness.)
yasya śravaṇa mātrena dehī duḥkhādimucyate | yena mārgaṇa munayaḥ sarvajña tvaṁ prapedire || 3 || yatprāpya na punaryāti naraḥ saṁsāra bandhanam | tathāvidhim param tattvam vaktavyamadhuna tvayā || 4 || guhyādguhyatamaṁ sāraṁ gurugītā viṣeśataḥ | tvatprasādācca śrotavyā tatsarvaṁ brūḥi sūta naḥ || 5 || iti samprārthitaḥ sūto munisanghair-muhurmuhuḥ | kutūhalen mahatā provācha madhuraṁ vacaḥ || 6 ||
- 4. Just by listening which, an embodied soul (human) becomes free from all sufferings and by treading which path the great sages have attained the state of Sarvajña, omniscience.
By attaining which, man never again gets tied back to the bondage of saṁsāra-the cycle of birth and death; please narrate that Param Tattva—that Supreme Truth to us now.
- O Sūta, that which is the secret of all secrets, which is the ultimate essence, particularly the Guru Gītā, by your grace we pray to listen to that, and we are eager to listen all of That from you.
- Thus again and again prayed by the sages, Sūta spoke these sweet words with great enthusiasm.
(tvat-prasad – by your Prasad, grace).
(Note: the query continues and goes upto the 6 th verse.) (Munayah – great sages; na punaryāti – never again go to or through)