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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.26

తథాపి నాథమానస్య నాథ నాథయ నాథితమ్ । పరావరే యథా రూపే జానీయాం తే త్వరూపిణ: ॥ ౨౬ ॥
tathāpi nāthamānasya
[tathaapi naathamaanasya]
nātha nāthaya nāthitam
[naatha naathaya naathitam]
parāvare yathā rūpe
[paraavare yathaa roope]
jānīyāṁ te tv arūpiṇaḥ
[jaaneeyaam te tv aroopinah]
Word-for-word
tathā api — in spite of that nāthamānasya — of the one who is asking for nātha — O Lord nāthaya — please award nāthitam — as it is desired para-avare — in the matter of mundane and transcendental yathā — as it is rūpe — in the form jānīyām — may it be known te — Your tu — but arūpiṇaḥ — one who is formless.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tathāpi nāthamānasya
tathā api
in spite of that
nāthamānasya
of the one who is asking for
nātha nāthaya nāthitam
nātha
O Lord
nāthaya
please award
nāthitam
as it is desired
parāvare yathā rūpe
para-avare
in the matter of mundane and transcendental
yathā
as it is
rūpe
in the form
jānīyāṁ te tv arūpiṇaḥ
jānīyām
may it be known
te
Your
tu
but
arūpiṇaḥ
one who is formless.
In spite of that, my Lord, I am praying to You to kindly fulfill my desire. May I please be informed how, in spite of Your transcendental form, You assume the mundane form, although You have no such form at all.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O master! Please bestow what is requested to me, who am requesting, so that I can understand the spiritual and material forms of you who have no material form.
Commentary

O master (nātha), please grant (nāthaya) what is requested (nāthitam) by me, who am requesting (nāthamānasya). Nāthamānasya can also mean “of me, undergoing penance.” Brahmā then explains what he is requesting. Make me such that I can understand your subtle and gross form.

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