त्वामीश्वरं स्वाश्रयमात्ममायया विनिर्मिताशेषविशेषकल्पनम् । क्रीडार्थमद्यात्तमनुष्यविग्रहं नतोऽस्मि धुर्यं यदुवृष्णिसात्वताम् ॥ २३ ॥
tvām īśvaraṁ svāśrayam ātma-māyayā vinirmitāśeṣa-viśeṣa-kalpanam krīḍārtham adyātta-manuṣya-vigrahaṁ nato ’smi dhuryaṁ yadu-vṛṣṇi-sātvatām
- tvām
- to You
- īśvaram
- the supreme controller
- sva-āśrayam
- self-contained
- ātma
- Your own
- māyayā
- by the creative potency
- vinirmita
- constructed
- aśeṣa
- unlimited
- viśeṣa
- particular
- kalpanam
- arrangements
- krīḍa
- of playing
- artham
- for the sake
- adya
- now
- ātta
- taken on
- manuṣya
- among humans
- vigraham
- battle
- nataḥ
- bowed down
- asmi
- I am
- dhuryam
- to the greatest
- yadu-vṛṣṇi-sātvatām
- of the Yadu, Vṛṣṇi and Sātvata dynasties
I bow down to You, the supreme controller, who are dependent only on Yourself. By Your potency You have constructed the unlimited particular arrangements of this universe. Now you have appeared as the greatest hero among the Yadus, Vṛṣṇis and Sātvatas and have chosen to participate in human warfare.