Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.24.29
సర్వే లీలావతారాస్తే భూతానాం భూతిహేతవ: ।
జ్ఞాతుమిచ్ఛామ్యదో రూపం యదర్థం భవతా ధృతమ్ ॥ ౨౯ ॥
sarve līlāvatārās te
[sarve leelaavataaraas te]
bhūtānāṁ bhūti-hetavaḥ
[bhootaanaam bhooti-hetavah]
jṣātum icchāmy ado rūpaṁ
[jshaatum 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
jṣātum
—
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
jṣātum icchāmy ado rūpaṁ
jṣātum
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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