भावयत्येष सत्त्वेन लोकान् वै लोकभावन: । लीलावतारानुरतो देवतिर्यङ्नरादिषु ॥ ३४ ॥
bhavayaty esa sattvena lokan vai loka-bhavanah lilavataranurato deva-tiryan-naradisu
- bhavayati
- maintains
- esah
- all these
- sattvena
- in the mode of goodness
- lokan
- all over the universe
- vai
- generally
- loka-bhavanah
- the master of all the universes
- lila
- pastimes
- avatara
- incarnation
- anuratah
- assuming the role
- deva
- the demigods
- tiryak
- lower animals
- nara-adisu
- in the midst of human beings.
Thus the Lord of the universes maintains all planes inhabited by demigods, men and lower animals. Assuming the roles of incarnations, He performs pastimes to reclaim those in the mode of pure goodness.