Uddhava said: O chastiser of the enemies! Please tell me how many types of yama and niyama exist. O Kṛṣṇa! What is śama and dama? O Lord! What is tolerance and determination? What are charity, austerity and heroism, and what is truth and speaking sweetly? What is renunciation, and what is respectable wealth? What is sacrifice, and what is religious remuneration? O Keśava, O most fortunate one! How am I to understand the strength, or mercy and profit of a particular person? What is the best education, what is humility, and what is real ornamentation? What are happiness and unhappiness? Who is learned, and who is a fool? What are the true and the false paths in life, and what are heaven and hell? Who is a true friend, and what is one’s real home? Who is a rich man and who is a poor man? Who is wretched and who is an actual controller? O Lord of the devotees! Please explain these matters of inquiry along with their opposites. After hearing about dharma and other qualities and their opposites, in five verses Uddhava asks about the defining qualities of other items starting with yama. Iṣṭam dhanam means respectable wealth. Śrīḥ means ornamentation. Praśnān means the matters under question. After explaining the meaning of these items, I can understand their opposites naturally.