तत आग्नीध्रीयेंऽशकलयावतरिष्याम्यात्मतुल्यमनुपलभमान: ॥ १८ ॥
tata agnidhriye ’msa-kalayavatarisyamy atma-tulyam anupalabhamanah.
- tatah
- therefore
- agnidhriye
- in the wife of Nabhi, the son of Agnidhra
- amsa-kalaya
- by an expansion of My personal form
- avatarisyami
- I shall advent Myself
- atma-tulyam
- My equal
- anupalabhamanah
- not finding.
Since I cannot find anyone equal to Me, I shall personally expand Myself into a plenary portion and thus advent Myself in the womb of Merudevi, the wife of Maharaja Nabhi, the son of Agnidhra.