नानाभावैर्लीलयैवोपपन्नै- र्देवान् साधून् लोकसेतून् बिभर्षि । हंस्युन्मार्गान् हिंसया वर्तमानान् जन्मैतत्ते भारहाराय भूमे: ॥ २७ ॥
nānā-bhāvair līlayaivopapannair devān sādhūn loka-setūn bibharṣi haṁsy unmārgān hiṁsayā vartamānān janmaitat te bhāra-hārāya bhūmeḥ
- nānā
- various
- bhāvaiḥ
- with intentions
- līlayā
- as pastimes
- eva
- indeed
- upapannaiḥ
- assumed
- devān
- the demigods
- sādhūn
- the saintly sages
- loka
- of the world
- setūn
- the codes of religion
- bibharṣi
- You maintain
- haṁsi
- You kill
- ut-mārgān
- those who stray beyond the path
- hiṁsayā
- by violence
- vartamānān
- living
- janma
- birth
- etat
- this
- te
- Your
- bhāra
- the burden
- hārāya
- to relieve
- bhūmeḥ
- of the earth
With various intentions, You perform pastimes to maintain the demigods, the saintly persons and the codes of religion for this world. By these pastimes You also kill those who stray from the right path and live by violence. Indeed, your present incarnation is meant to relieve the earth’s burden.