इत्थं परस्य निजवर्त्मरिरक्षयात्त- लीलातनोस्तदनुरूपविडम्बनानि । कर्माणि कर्मकषणानि यदूत्तमस्य श्रूयादमुष्य पदयोरनुवृत्तिमिच्छन् ॥ ४९ ॥
itthaṁ parasya nija-vartma-rirakṣayātta- līlā-tanos tad-anurūpa-viḍambanāni karmāṇi karma-kaṣaṇāni yadūttamasya śrūyād amuṣya padayor anuvṛttim icchan
- ittham
- (described) in this manner
- parasya
- of the Supreme
- nija
- His own
- vartma
- path (of devotional service)
- rirakṣayā
- with the desire of protecting
- ātta
- who has assumed
- līlā
- for pastimes
- tanoḥ
- various personal forms
- tat
- to each of these
- anurūpa
- suitable
- viḍambanāni
- imitating
- karmāṇi
- activities
- karma
- the reactions of material work
- kaṣaṇāni
- which destroy
- yadu-uttamasya
- of the best of the Yadus
- śrūyāt
- one should hear
- amuṣya
- His
- padayoḥ
- of the feet
- anuvṛttim
- the privilege of following
- icchan
- desiring
To protect the principles of devotional service to Himself, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the best of the Yadus, accepts the pastime forms that have been glorified here in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. One who desires to faithfully serve His lotus feet should hear of the activities He performs in each of these incarnations — activities that suitably imitate those of the forms He assumes. Hearing narrations of these pastimes destroys the reactions to fruitive work.