khyātaṁ sarvam etat te

ākhyātaṁ sarvam etat te

yan māṁ tvaṁ paripṛṣṭavān

damaghoṣa-sutādīnāṁ

hareḥ sātmyam api dviṣām

Everything you asked me about how Śiśupāla and others attained bodies like the Lord’s although they were inimical has now been explained to you by me.

|| 7.10.42 ||

eṣā brahmaṇya-devasya

kṛṣṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ

avatāra-kathā puṇyā

vadho yatrādi-daityayoḥ

This narration about the avatāras of the great soul, Kṛṣṇa, worshipped by the brāhmaṇas, which relates the story of the killing of the two demons, is purifying. 

|| 7.10.43-44 ||

prahrādasyānucaritaṁ

mahā-bhāgavatasya ca

bhaktir jñānaṁ viraktiś ca

yāthārthyaṁ cāsya vai hareḥ

sarga-sthity-apyayeśasya

guṇa-karmānuvarṇanam

parāvareṣāṁ sthānānāṁ

kālena vyatyayo mahān

I have explained the story of the great and exalted devotee Prahlāda, as well as bhakti, jñāna and vairāgya, and the svarūpa of the Lord, as it is. I have described the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe and the qualities and activities of the Lord. I have described the great destruction of the various habitations of the higher and lower creatures by time.

These verses are connected with the words “the story has been described” in verse 41 and concludes in the next verse. Harer yathārthyam means the svarūpa of the Lord, without going beyond it. The suffix ya indicates “for that subject.” Creation, maintenance and destruction have also been described. The great destruction (vyatyataḥ) of the various places of the higher and lower creatures has also been described.

|| 7.10.45 ||

dharmo bhāgavatānāṁ ca

bhagavān yena gamyate

ākhyāne 'smin samāmnātam

ādhyātmikam aśeṣataḥ

The path of the devotees by which the Supreme Lord is understood and also adhyātmā-jñāna have been described in this narration.

|| 7.10.46 ||