अथाख्याहिहरेर्धीमन्नवतारकथा: शुभा: । लीला विदधत: स्वैरमीश्वरस्यात्ममायया ॥ १८ ॥
athakhyahi harer dhimann avatara-kathah subhah lila vidadhatah svairam isvarasyatma-mayaya
- atha
- therefore
- akhyahi
- describe
- hareh
- of the Lord
- dhiman
- O sagacious one
- avatara
- incarnations
- kathah
- narratives
- subhah
- auspicious
- lila
- adventures
- vidadhatah
- performed
- svairam
- pastimes
- isvarasya
- of the supreme controller
- atma
- personal
- mayaya
- energies.
O wise Suta, please narrate to us the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Godhead’s multi-incarnations. Such auspicious adventures and pastimes of the Lord, the supreme controller, are performed by His internal powers.