Srimad Bhagavatam · Canto 2 · Chapter 6

Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed

2.6.1

ब्रह्मोवाच वाचां वह्नेर्मुखं क्षेत्रं छन्दसां सप्त धातव: । हव्यकव्यामृतान्नानां जिह्वा सर्वरसस्य च ॥ १ ॥

brahmovaca vacam vahner mukham ksetram chandasam sapta dhatavah havya-kavyamrtannanam jihva sarva-rasasya ca

Lord Brahma said: The mouth of the virat-purusa (the universal form of the Lord) is the generating center of the voice, and the controlling deity is fire. His skin and six other layers are the generating centers of the Vedic hymns, and His tongue is the productive center of different foodstuffs and delicacies for offering to the demigods, the forefathers and the general mass of people.

2.6.2

सर्वासूनां च वायोश्च तन्नासे परमायणे । अश्विनोरोषधीनां च घ्राणो मोदप्रमोदयो: ॥ २ ॥

sarvasunam ca vayos ca tan-nase paramayane asvinor osadhinam ca ghrano moda-pramodayoh

His two nostrils are the generating centers of our breathing and of all other airs, His smelling powers generate the Asvini-kumara demigods and all kinds of medicinal herbs, and His breathing energies produce different kinds of fragrance.

2.6.3

रूपाणां तेजसां चक्षुर्दिव: सूर्यस्य चाक्षिणी । कर्णौ दिशां च तीर्थानां श्रोत्रमाकाशशब्दयो: ॥ ३ ॥

rupanam tejasam caksur divah suryasya caksini karnau disam ca tirthanam srotram akasa-sabdayoh

His eyes are the generating centers of all kinds of forms, and they glitter and illuminate. His eyeballs are like the sun and the heavenly planes. His ears hear from all sides and are receptacles for all the Vedas, and His sense of hearing is the generating center of the sky and of all kinds of sound.

2.6.4

तद्गात्रं वस्तुसाराणां सौभगस्य च भाजनम् । त्वगस्य स्पर्शवायोश्च सर्वमेधस्य चैव हि ॥ ४ ॥

tad-gatram vastu-saranam saubhagasya ca bhajanam tvag asya sparsa-vayos ca sarva-medhasya caiva hi

His bodily surface is the breeding ground for the active principles of everything and for all kinds of auspicious opportunities. His skin, like the moving air, is the generating center for all kinds of sense of touch and is the place for performing all kinds of sacrifice.

2.6.5

रोमाण्युद्भिज्जजातीनां यैर्वा यज्ञस्तु सम्भृत: । केशश्मश्रुनखान्यस्य शिलालोहाभ्रविद्युताम् ॥ ५ ॥

romany udbhijja-jatinam yair va yajnas tu sambhrtah kesa-smasru-nakhany asya sila-lohabhra-vidyutam

The hairs on His body are the cause of all vegetation, particularly of those trees which are required as ingredients for sacrifice. The hairs on His head and face are reservoirs for the clouds, and His nails are the breeding ground of electricity, stones and iron ores.

2.6.6

बाहवो लोकपालानां प्रायश: क्षेमकर्मणाम् ॥ ६ ॥

bahavo loka-palanam prayasah ksema-karmanam

The Lord’s arms are the productive fields for the great demigods and other leaders of the living entities who protect the general mass.

2.6.7

विक्रमो भूर्भुव: स्वश्च क्षेमस्य शरणस्य च । सर्वकामवरस्यापि हरेश्चरण आस्पदम् ॥ ७ ॥

vikramo bhur bhuvah svas ca ksemasya saranasya ca sarva-kama-varasyapi hares carana aspadam

Thus the forward steps of the Lord are the shelter for the upper, lower and heavenly planes, as well as for all that we need. His lotus feet serve as protection from all kinds of fear.

2.6.8

अपां वीर्यस्य सर्गस्य पर्जन्यस्य प्रजापते: । पुंस: शिश्न उपस्थस्तु प्रजात्यानन्दनिर्वृते: ॥ ८ ॥

apam viryasya sargasya parjanyasya prajapateh pumsah sisna upasthas tu prajaty-ananda-nirvrteh

From the Lord’s genitals originate water, semen, generatives, rains, and the procreators. His genitals are the cause of a pleasure that counteracts the distress of begetting.

2.6.9

पायुर्यमस्य मित्रस्य परिमोक्षस्य नारद । हिंसाया निऋर्तेर्मृत्योर्निरयस्य गुदं स्मृत: ॥ ९ ॥

payur yamasya mitrasya parimoksasya narada himsaya nirrter mrtyor nirayasya gudam smrtah

O Narada, the evacuating outlet of the universal form of the Lord is the abode of the controlling deity of death, Mitra, and the evacuating hole and the rectum of the Lord is the place of envy, misfortune, death, hell, etc.

2.6.10

पराभूतेरधर्मस्य तमसश्चापि पश्‍चिम: । नाड्यो नदनदीनां च गोत्राणामस्थिसंहति: ॥ १० ॥

parabhuter adharmasya tamasas capi pascimah nadyo nada-nadinam ca gotranam asthi-samhatih

The back of the Lord is the place for all kinds of frustration and ignorance, as well as for immorality. From His veins flow the great rivers and rivulets, and on His bones are stacked the great mountains.

2.6.11

अव्यक्तरससिन्धूनां भूतानां निधनस्य च । उदरं विदितं पुंसो हृदयं मनस: पदम् ॥ ११ ॥

avyakta-rasa-sindhunam bhutanam nidhanasya ca udaram viditam pumso hrdayam manasah padam

The impersonal feature of the Lord is the abode of great oceans, and His belly is the resting place for the materially annihilated living entities. His heart is the abode of the subtle material bodies of living beings. Thus it is known by the intelligent class of men.

2.6.12

धर्मस्य मम तुभ्यं च कुमाराणां भवस्य च । विज्ञानस्य च सत्त्वस्य परस्यात्मा परायणम् ॥ १२ ॥

dharmasya mama tubhyam ca kumaranam bhavasya ca vijnanasya ca sattvasya parasyatma parayanam

Also, the consciousness of that great personality is the abode of religious principles—mine, yours, and those of the four bachelors Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanat-kumara and Sanandana. That consciousness is also the abode of truth and transcendental knowledge.

2.6.13-16

अहं भवान् भवश्चैव त इमे मुनयोऽग्रजा: । सुरासुरनरा नागा: खगा मृगसरीसृपा: ॥ १३ ॥ गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षा रक्षोभूतगणोरगा: । पशव: पितर: सिद्धा विद्याध्राश्चारणा द्रुमा: ॥ १४ ॥ अन्ये च विविधा जीवा जलस्थलनभौकस: । ग्रहर्क्षकेतवस्तारास्तडित: स्तनयित्नव: ॥ १५ ॥ सर्वं पुरुष एवेदं भूतं भव्यं भवच्च यत् । तेनेदमावृतं विश्वं वितस्तिमधितिष्ठति ॥ १६ ॥

aham bhavan bhavas caiva ta ime munayo ’grajah surasura-nara nagah khaga mrga-sarisrpah gandharvapsaraso yaksa rakso-bhuta-ganoragah pasavah pitarah siddha vidyadhras carana drumah anye ca vividha jiva jala-sthala-nabhaukasah graharksa-ketavas taras taditah stanayitnavah sarvam purusa evedam bhutam bhavyam bhavac ca yat tenedam avrtam visvam vitastim adhitisthati

Beginning from me [Brahma] down to you and Bhava [Siva], all the great sages who were born before you, the demigods, the demons, the Nagas, the human beings, the birds, the beasts, as well as the reptiles, etc., and all phenomenal manifestations of the universes, namely the planets, stars, asteroids, luminaries, lightning, thunder, and the inhabitants of the different planetary systems, namely the Gandharvas, Apsaras, Yaksas, Raksas, Bhutaganas, Uragas, Pasus, Pitas, Siddhas, Vidyadharas, Caranas, and all other different varieties of living entities, including the birds, beasts, trees and everything that be, are all covered by the universal form of the Lord at all times, namely past, present and future, although He is transcendental to all of them, eternally existing in a form not exceeding nine inches.

2.6.17

स्वधिष्ण्यं प्रतपन् प्राणो बहिश्च प्रतपत्यसौ । एवं विराजं प्रतपंस्तपत्यन्तर्बहि: पुमान् ॥ १७ ॥

sva-dhisnyam pratapan prano bahis ca pratapaty asau evam virajam pratapams tapaty antar bahih puman

The sun illuminates both internally and externally by expanding its radiation; similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by expanding His universal form, maintains everything in the creation both internally and externally.

2.6.18

सोऽमृतस्याभयस्येशो मर्त्यमन्नं यदत्यगात् । महिमैष ततो ब्रह्मन् पुरुषस्य दुरत्यय: ॥ १८ ॥

so ’mrtasyabhayasyeso martyam annam yad atyagat mahimaisa tato brahman purusasya duratyayah

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the controller of immortality and fearlessness, and He is transcendental to death and the fruitive actions of the material world. O Narada, O brahmana, it is therefore difficult to measure the glories of the Supreme Person.

2.6.19

पादेषु सर्वभूतानि पुंस: स्थितिपदो विदु: । अमृतं क्षेममभयं त्रिमूर्ध्नोऽधायि मूर्धसु ॥ १९ ॥

padesu sarva-bhutani pumsah sthiti-pado viduh amrtam ksemam abhayam tri-murdhno ’dhayi murdhasu

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is to be known as the supreme reservoir of all material opulences by the one fourth of His energy in which all the living entities exist. Deathlessness, fearlessness and freedom from the anxieties of old age and disease exist in the kingdom of God, which is beyond the three higher planeary systems and beyond the material coverings.

2.6.20

पादास्त्रयो बहिश्चासन्नप्रजानां य आश्रमा: । अन्तस्त्रिलोक्यास्त्वपरो गृहमेधोऽबृहद्‍व्रत: ॥ २० ॥

padas trayo bahis casann aprajanam ya asramah antas tri-lokyas tv aparo grha-medho ’brhad-vratah

The spiritual world, which consists of three fourths of the Lord’s energy, is situated beyond this material world, and it is especially meant for those who will never be reborn. Others, who are attached to family life and who do not strictly follow celibacy vows, must live within the three material worlds.

2.6.21

सृती विचक्रमे विश्वङ्‍साशनानशने उभे । यदविद्या च विद्या च पुरुषस्तूभयाश्रय: ॥ २१ ॥

srti vicakrame visvam sasananasane ubhe yad avidya ca vidya ca purusas tubhayasrayah

By His energies, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead is thus comprehensively the master in the activities of controlling and in devotional service. He is the ultimate master of both nescience and factual knowledge of all situations.

2.6.22

यस्मादण्डं विराड् जज्ञे भूतेन्द्रियगुणात्मक: । तद् द्रव्यमत्यगाद् विश्वं गोभि: सूर्य इवातपन् ॥ २२ ॥

yasmad andam virad jajne bhutendriya-gunatmakah tad dravyam atyagad visvam gobhih surya ivatapan

From that Personality of Godhead, all the universal globes and the universal form with all material elements, qualities and senses are generated. Yet He is aloof from such material manifestations, like the sun, which is separate from its rays and heat.

2.6.23

यदास्य नाभ्यान्नलिनादहमासं महात्मन: । नाविदं यज्ञसम्भारान् पुरुषावयवानृते ॥ २३ ॥

yadasya nabhyan nalinad aham asam mahatmanah navidam yajna-sambharan purusavayavan rte

When I was born from the abdominal lotus flower of the Lord (Maha-Visnu), the great person, I had no ingredients for sacrificial performances except the bodily limbs of the great Personality of Godhead.

2.6.24

तेषु यज्ञस्य पशव: सवनस्पतय: कुशा: । इदं च देवयजनं कालश्चोरुगुणान्वित: ॥ २४ ॥

tesu yajnasya pasavah savanaspatayah kusah idam ca deva-yajanam kalas coru-gunanvitah

For performing sacrificial ceremonies, one requires sacrificial ingredients, such as flowers, leaves and straw, along with the sacrificial altar and a suitable time (spring).

2.6.25

वस्तून्योषधय: स्‍नेहा रसलोहमृदो जलम् । ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि चातुर्होत्रं च सत्तम ॥ २५ ॥

vastuny osadhayah sneha rasa-loha-mrdo jalam rco yajumsi samani catur-hotram ca sattama

Other requirements are utensils, grains, clarified butter, honey, gold, earth, water, the Rg Veda, Yajur Veda and Sama Veda and four priests to perform the sacrifice.

2.6.26

नामधेयानि मन्त्राश्च दक्षिणाश्च व्रतानि च । देवतानुक्रम: कल्प: सङ्कल्पस्तन्त्रमेव च ॥ २६ ॥

nama-dheyani mantras ca daksinas ca vratani ca devatanukramah kalpah sankalpas tantram eva ca

Other necessities include invoking the different names of the demigods by specific hymns and vows of recompense, in accordance with the particular scripture, for specific purposes and by specific processes.

2.6.27

गतयो मतयश्चैव प्रायश्चित्तं समर्पणम् । पुरुषावयवैरेते सम्भारा: सम्भृता मया ॥ २७ ॥

gatayo matayas caiva prayascittam samarpanam purusavayavair ete sambharah sambhrta maya

Thus I had to arrange all these necessary ingredients and paraphernalia of sacrifice from the personal bodily parts of the Personality of Godhead. By invocation of the demigods’ names, the ultimate goal, Visnu, was gradually attained, and thus compensation and ultimate offering were complete.

2.6.28

इति सम्भृतसम्भार: पुरुषावयवैरहम् । तमेव पुरुषं यज्ञं तेनैवायजमीश्वरम् ॥ २८ ॥

iti sambhrta-sambharah purusavayavair aham tam eva purusam yajnam tenaivayajam isvaram

Thus I created the ingredients and paraphernalia for offering sacrifice out of the parts of the body of the Supreme Lord, the enjoyer of the sacrifice, and I performed the sacrifice to satisfy the Lord.

2.6.29

ततस्ते भ्रातर इमे प्रजानां पतयो नव । अयजन् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं पुरुषं सुसमाहिता: ॥ २९ ॥

tatas te bhratara ime prajanam patayo nava ayajan vyaktam avyaktam purusam su-samahitah

My dear son, thereafter your nine brothers, who are the masters of living creatures, performed the sacrifice with proper rituals to satisfy both the manifested and nonmanifested personalities.

2.6.30

ततश्च मनव: काले ईजिरे ऋषयोऽपरे । पितरो विबुधा दैत्या मनुष्या: क्रतुभिर्विभुम् ॥ ३० ॥

tatas ca manavah kale ijire rsayo ’pare pitaro vibudha daitya manusyah kratubhir vibhum

Thereafter, the Manus, the fathers of mankind, the great sages, the forefathers, the learned scholars, the Daityas and mankind performed sacrifices meant to please the Supreme Lord.

2.6.31

नारायणे भगवति तदिदं विश्वमाहितम् । गृहीतमायोरुगुण: सर्गादावगुण: स्वत: ॥ ३१ ॥

narayane bhagavati tad idam visvam ahitam grhita-mayoru-gunah sargadav agunah svatah

All the material manifestations of the universes are therefore situated in His powerful material energies, which He accepts self-sufficiently, although He is eternally without affinity for the material modes.

2.6.32

सृजामि तन्नियुक्तोऽहं हरो हरति तद्वश: । विश्वं पुरुषरूपेण परिपाति त्रिशक्तिधृक् ॥ ३२ ॥

srjami tan-niyukto ’ham haro harati tad-vasah visvam purusa-rupena paripati tri-sakti-dhrk

By His will, I create, Lord Siva destroys, and He Himself, in His eternal form as the Personality of Godhead, maintains everything. He is the powerful controller of these three energies.

2.6.33

इति तेऽभिहितं तात यथेदमनुपृच्छसि । नान्यद्भगवत: किंचिद्भाव्यं सदसदात्मकम् ॥ ३३ ॥

iti te ’bhihitam tata yathedam anuprcchasi nanyad bhagavatah kincid bhavyam sad-asad-atmakam

My dear son, whatever you inquired from me I have thus explained unto you, and you must know for certain that whatever there is (either as cause or as effect, both in the material and spiritual worlds) is dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

2.6.34

न भारती मेऽङ्ग मृषोपलक्ष्यते न वै क्‍वचिन्मे मनसो मृषा गति: । न मे हृषीकाणि पतन्त्यसत्पथे यन्मे हृदौत्कण्ठ्यवता धृतो हरि: ॥ ३४ ॥

na bharati me ’nga mrsopalaksyate na vai kvacin me manaso mrsa gatih na me hrsikani patanty asat-pathe yan me hrdautkanthyavata dhrto harih

O Narada, because I have caught hold of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, with great zeal, whatever I say has never proved to have been false. Nor is the progress of my mind ever deterred. Nor are my senses ever degraded by temporary attachment to matter.

2.6.35

सोऽहं समाम्नायमयस्तपोमय: प्रजापतीनामभिवन्दित: पति: । आस्थाय योगं निपुणं समाहित- स्तं नाध्यगच्छं यत आत्मसम्भव: ॥ ३५ ॥

so ’ham samamnayamayas tapomayah prajapatinam abhivanditah patih asthaya yogam nipunam samahitas tam nadhyagaccham yata atma-sambhavah

Although I am known as the great Brahma, perfect in the disciplic succession of Vedic wisdom, and although I have undergone all austerities and am an expert in mystic powers and self-realization, and although I am recognized as such by the great forefathers of the living entities, who offer me respectful obeisances, still I cannot understand Him, the Lord, the very source of my birth.

2.6.36

नतोऽस्म्यहं तच्चरणं समीयुषां भवच्छिदं स्वस्त्ययनं सुमङ्गलम् । यो ह्यात्ममायाविभवं स्म पर्यगाद् यथा नभ: स्वान्तमथापरे कुत: ॥ ३६ ॥

nato ’smy aham tac-caranam samiyusam bhavac-chidam svasty-ayanam sumangalam yo hy atma-maya-vibhavam sma paryagad yatha nabhah svantam athapare kutah

Therefore it is best for me to surrender unto His feet, which alone can deliver one from the miseries of repeated birth and death. Such surrender is all-auspicious and allows one to perceive all happiness. Even the sky cannot estimate the limits of its own expansion. So what can others do when the Lord Himself is unable to estimate His own limits?

2.6.37

नाहं न यूयं यद‍ृतां गतिं विदु- र्न वामदेव: किमुतापरे सुरा: । तन्मायया मोहितबुद्धयस्त्विदं विनिर्मितं चात्मसमं विचक्ष्महे ॥ ३७ ॥

naham na yuyam yad-rtam gatim vidur na vamadevah kim utapare surah tan-mayaya mohita-buddhayas tv idam vinirmitam catma-samam vicaksmahe

Since neither Lord Siva nor you nor I could ascertain the limits of spiritual happiness, how can other demigods know it? And because all of us are bewildered by the illusory external energy of the Supreme Lord, we can see only this manifested cosmos according to our individual ability.

2.6.38

यस्यावतारकर्माणि गायन्ति ह्यस्मदादय: । न यं विदन्ति तत्त्वेन तस्मै भगवते नम: ॥ ३८ ॥

yasyavatara-karmani gayanti hy asmad-adayah na yam vidanti tattvena tasmai bhagavate namah

Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto that Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose incarnations and activities are chanted by us for glorification, though He can hardly be fully known as He is.

2.6.39

स एष आद्य: पुरुष: कल्पे कल्पे सृजत्यज: । आत्मात्मन्यात्मनात्मानं स संयच्छति पाति च ॥ ३९ ॥

sa esa adyah purusah kalpe kalpe srjaty ajah atmatmany atmanatmanam sa samyacchati pati ca

That supreme original Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, expanding His plenary portion as Maha-Visnu, the first incarnation, creates this manifested cosmos, but He is unborn. The creation, however, takes place in Him, and the material substance and manifestations are all Himself. He maintains them for some time and absorbs them into Himself again.

2.6.40-41

विशुद्धं केवलं ज्ञानं प्रत्यक् सम्यगवस्थितम् । सत्यं पूर्णमनाद्यन्तं निर्गुणं नित्यमद्वयम् ॥ ४० ॥ ऋषे विदन्ति मुनय: प्रशान्तात्मेन्द्रियाशया: । यदा तदेवासत्तर्कैस्तिरोधीयेत विप्लुतम् ॥ ४१ ॥

visuddham kevalam jnanam pratyak samyag avasthitam satyam purnam anady-antam nirgunam nityam advayam rse vidanti munayah prasantatmendriyasayah yada tad evasat-tarkais tirodhiyeta viplutam

The Personality of Godhead is pure, being free from all contaminations of material tinges. He is the Absolute Truth and the embodiment of full and perfect knowledge. He is all-pervading, without beginning or end, and without rival. O Narada, O great sage, the great thinkers can know Him when completely freed from all material hankerings and when sheltered under undisturbed conditions of the senses. Otherwise, by untenable arguments, all is distorted, and the Lord disappears from our sight.

2.6.42

आद्योऽवतार: पुरुष: परस्य काल: स्वभाव: सदसन्मनश्च । द्रव्यं विकारो गुण इन्द्रियाणि विराट् स्वराट् स्थास्‍नु चरिष्णु भूम्न: ॥ ४२ ॥

adyo ’vatarah purusah parasya kalah svabhavah sad-asan-manas ca dravyam vikaro guna indriyani virat svarat sthasnu carisnu bhumnah

Karanarnavasayi Visnu is the first incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and He is the master of eternal time, space, cause and effects, mind, the elements, the material ego, the modes of nature, the senses, the universal form of the Lord, Garbhodakasayi Visnu, and the sum total of all living beings, both moving and nonmoving.

2.6.43-45

अहं भवो यज्ञ इमे प्रजेशा दक्षादयो ये भवदादयश्च । स्वर्लोकपाला: खगलोकपाला नृलोकपालास्तललोकपाला: ॥ ४३ ॥ गन्धर्वविद्याधरचारणेशा ये यक्षरक्षोरगनागनाथा: । ये वा ऋषीणामृषभा: पितृणां दैत्येन्द्रसिद्धेश्वरदानवेन्द्रा: । अन्ये च ये प्रेतपिशाचभूत- कूष्माण्डयादोमृगपक्ष्यधीशा: ॥ ४४ ॥ यत्किंच लोके भगवन्महस्व- दोज:सहस्वद् बलवत् क्षमावत् । श्रीह्रीविभूत्यात्मवदद्भुतार्णं तत्त्वं परं रूपवदस्वरूपम् ॥ ४५ ॥

aham bhavo yajna ime prajesa daksadayo ye bhavad-adayas ca svarloka-palah khagaloka-pala nrloka-palas talaloka-palah gandharva-vidyadhara-caranesa ye yaksa-raksoraga-naga-nathah ye va rsinam rsabhah pitrnam daityendra-siddhesvara-danavendrah anye ca ye preta-pisaca-bhuta- kusmanda-yado-mrga-paksy-adhisah yat kinca loke bhagavan mahasvad ojah-sahasvad balavat ksamavat sri-hri-vibhuty-atmavad adbhutarnam tattvam param rupavad asva-rupam

I myself [Brahma], Lord Siva, Lord Visnu, great generators of living beings like Daksa and Prajapati, yourselves [Narada and the Kumaras], heavenly demigods like Indra and Candra, the leaders of the Bhurloka planets, the leaders of the earthly planets, the leaders of the lower planets, the leaders of the Gandharva planets, the leaders of the Vidyadhara planets, the leaders of the Caranaloka planets, the leaders of the Yaksas, Raksas and Uragas, the great sages, the great demons, the great atheists and the great spacemen, as well as the dead bodies, evil spirits, satans, jinn, kusmandas, great aquatics, great beasts and great birds, etc. — in other words, anything and everything which is exceptionally possessed of power, opulence, mental and perceptual dexterity, strength, forgiveness, beauty, modesty, opulence, and breeding, whether in form or formless — may appear to be the specific truth and the form of the Lord, but actually they are not so. They are only a fragment of the transcendental potency of the Lord.

2.6.46

प्राधान्यतो यानृष आमनन्ति लीलावतारान् पुरुषस्य भूम्न: । आपीयतां कर्णकषायशोषा- ननुक्रमिष्ये त इमान् सुपेशान् ॥ ४६ ॥

pradhanyato yan rsa amananti lilavataran purusasya bhumnah apiyatam karna-kasaya-sosan anukramisye ta iman supesan

O Narada, now I shall state, one after another, the transcendental incarnations of the Lord known as lila-avataras. Hearing of their activities counteracts all foul matters accumulated in the ear. These pastimes are pleasing to hear and are to be relished. Therefore they are in my heart.