Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.24.29
सर्वे लीलावतारास्ते भूतानां भूतिहेतव: ।
ज्ञातुमिच्छाम्यदो रूपं यदर्थं भवता धृतम् ॥ २९ ॥
sarve līlāvatārās te
[sarve leelaavataaraas te]
bhūtānāṁ bhūti-hetavaḥ
[bhootaanaam bhooti-hetavah]
jñātum icchāmy ado rūpaṁ
[jnaatum ichchaamy ado roopam]
yad-arthaṁ bhavatā dhṛtam
[yad-artham bhavataa dhritam]
Word-for-word
sarve
—
everything
līlā
—
pastimes
avatārāḥ
—
incarnations
te
—
of Your Lordship
bhūtānām
—
of all living entities
bhūti
—
of a flourishing condition
hetavaḥ
—
the causes
jñātum
—
to know
icchāmi
—
I wish
adaḥ
—
this
rūpam
—
form
yat-artham
—
for what purpose
bhavatā
—
by Your Lordship
dhṛtam
—
assumed.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sarve līlāvatārās te
sarve
everything
līlā
pastimes
avatārāḥ
incarnations
te
of Your Lordship
bhūtānāṁ bhūti-hetavaḥ
bhūtānām
of all living entities
bhūti
of a flourishing condition
hetavaḥ
the causes
jñātum icchāmy ado rūpaṁ
jñātum
to know
icchāmi
I wish
adaḥ
this
rūpam
form
yad-arthaṁ bhavatā dhṛtam
yat-artham
for what purpose
bhavatā
by Your Lordship
dhṛtam
assumed.
All Your pastimes and incarnations certainly appear for the welfare of all living entities. Therefore, my Lord, I wish to know the purpose for which You have assumed this form of a fish.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
All your pastimes and incarnations certainly appear for the welfare of all living entities. Therefore, my Lord, I wish to know the purpose for which you have assumed this form of a fish.
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Personal Guidance
All Your pastimes appear for the welfare of beings — I wish to know the purpose of this fish form. The disciple, having recognized, now asks for meaning. Recognition opens inquiry into purpose.
Reflection Questions
- Having recognized something divinely arranged in my life, do I follow up with 'what is this for?'
- Where do I stop at identification when meaning is the next gift available?
My note
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