अवतारा ह्यसङ्ख्येया हरे: सत्त्वनिधेर्द्विजा: । यथाविदासिन: कुल्या: सरस: स्यु: सहस्रश: ॥ २६ ॥
avatara hy asankhyeya hareh sattva-nidher dvijah yathavidasinah kulyah sarasah syuh sahasrasah
- avatarah
- incarnations
- hi
- certainly
- asankhyeyah
- innumerable
- hareh
- of Hari, the Lord
- sattva-nidheh
- of the ocean of goodness
- dvijah
- the brahmanas
- yatha
- as it is
- avidasinah
- inexhaustible
- kulyah
- rivulets
- sarasah
- of vast lakes
- syuh
- are
- sahasrasah
- thousands of.
O brahmanas, the incarnations of the Lord are innumerable, like rivulets flowing from inexhaustible sources of water.