अहं हि पृष्टोऽर्यमणो भवद्भि- राचक्ष आत्मावगमोऽत्र यावान् । नभ: पतन्त्यात्मसमं पतत्त्रिण- स्तथा समं विष्णुगतिं विपश्चित: ॥ २३ ॥
aham hi prsto ’ryamano bhavadbhir acaksa atmavagamo ’tra yavan nabhah patanty atma-samam patattrinas tatha samam visnu-gatim vipascitah
- aham
- my humble self
- hi
- certainly
- prstah
- asked by you
- aryamanah
- as powerful as the sun
- bhavadbhih
- by you
- acakse
- may describe
- atma-avagamah
- as far as my knowledge is concerned
- atra
- herein
- yavan
- so far
- nabhah
- sky
- patanti
- fly
- atma-samam
- as far as it can
- patattrinah
- the birds
- tatha
- thus
- samam
- similarly
- visnu-gatim
- knowledge of Visnu
- vipascitah
- even though learned.
O rsis, who are as powerfully pure as the sun, I shall try to describe to you the transcendental pastimes of Visnu as far as my knowledge is concerned. As the birds fly in the sky as far as their capacity allows, so do the learned devotees describe the Lord as far as their realization allows.