तस्य ह वाव श्रद्धया विशुद्धभावेन यजत: प्रवर्ग्येषु प्रचरत्सु द्रव्यदेशकालमन्त्रर्त्विग्दक्षिणाविधानयोगोपपत्त्या दुरधिगमोऽपि भगवान् भागवतवात्सल्यतया सुप्रतीक आत्मानमपराजितं निजजनाभिप्रेतार्थविधित्सया गृहीतहृदयो हृदयङ्गमं मनोनयनानन्दनावयवाभिराममाविश्चकार ॥ २ ॥
tasya ha vava sraddhaya visuddha-bhavena yajatah pravargyesu pracaratsu dravya-desa-kala-mantrartvig-daksina-vidhana-yogopapattya duradhigamo ’pi bhagavan bhagavata-vatsalyataya supratika atmanam aparajitam nija-janabhipretartha-vidhitsaya grhita-hrdayo hrdayangamam mano-nayananandanavayavabhiramam aviscakara.
- tasya
- when he (Nabhi)
- ha vava
- certainly
- sraddhaya
- with great faith and devotion
- visuddha-bhavena
- with a pure, uncontaminated mind
- yajatah
- was worshiping
- pravargyesu
- while the fruitive activities called pravargya
- pracaratsu
- were being performed
- dravya
- the ingredients
- desa
- place
- kala
- time
- mantra
- hymns
- rtvik
- priests conducting the ceremony
- daksina
- gifts to the priests
- vidhana
- regulative principles
- yoga
- and of the means
- upapattya
- by the performance
- duradhigamah
- not obtainable
- api
- although
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- bhagavata-vatsalyataya
- because of His being very affectionate to His devotee
- su-pratikah
- possessing a very beautiful form
- atmanam
- Himself
- aparajitam
- not to be conquered by anyone
- nija-jana
- of His devotee
- abhipreta-artha
- the desire
- vidhitsaya
- to fulfill
- grhita-hrdayah
- His heart being attracted
- hrdayangamam
- captivating
- manah-nayana-anandana
- pleasing to the mind and eyes
- avayava
- by the limbs
- abhiramam
- beautiful
- aviscakara
- manifested
In the performance of a sacrifice, there are seven transcendental means to obtain the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead: (1) by sacrificing valuable things or eatables, (2) by acting in terms of place, (3) by acting in terms of time, (4) by offering hymns, (5) by going through the priest, (6) by offering gifts to the priests and (7) by observing the regulative principles. However, one cannot always obtain the Supreme Lord through this paraphernalia. Nonetheless, the Lord is affectionate to His devotee; therefore when Maharaja Nabhi, who was a devotee, worshiped and offered prayers to the Lord with great faith and devotion and with a pure uncontaminated mind, superficially performing some yajna in the line of pravargya, the kind Supreme Personality of Godhead, due to His affection for His devotees, appeared before King Nabhi in His unconquerable and captivating form with four hands. In this way, to fulfill the desire of His devotee, the Supreme Personality of Godhead manifested Himself in His beautiful body before His devotee. This body pleases the mind and eyes of the devotees.