यस्त्वेतल्लीलया विश्वं सृजत्यत्त्यवतीश्वर: । स हि जात: स्वसेतूनां गोपीथाय यदुष्वज: ॥ २ ॥
yas tv etal līlayā viśvaṁ sṛjaty atty avatīśvaraḥ sa hi jātaḥ sva-setūnāṁ gopīthāya yaduṣv ajaḥ
- yaḥ
- who
- tu
- and
- etat
- this
- līlayā
- as His play
- viśvam
- universe
- sṛjati
- sends forth
- atti
- devours
- avati
- protects
- īśvaraḥ
- the supreme controller
- saḥ
- He
- hi
- indeed
- jātaḥ
- born
- sva
- His own
- setūnām
- of the laws
- gopīthāya
- for the protection
- yaduṣu
- among the Yadus
- ajaḥ
- the unborn Lord
The unborn Personality of Godhead, the supreme controller, who creates, maintains and then devours this universe simply as His play, took birth among the Yadus to preserve His own laws.