बर्हिषि तस्मिन्नेव विष्णुदत्त भगवान् परमर्षिभि: प्रसादितो नाभे: प्रियचिकीर्षया तदवरोधायने मेरुदेव्यां धर्मान्दर्शयितुकामो वातरशनानां श्रमणानामृषीणामूर्ध्वमन्थिनां शुक्लया तनुवावततार ॥ २० ॥
barhisi tasminn eva visnudatta bhagavan paramarsibhih prasadito nabheh priya-cikirsaya tad-avarodhayane merudevyam dharman darsayitu-kamo vata-rasananam sramananam rsinam urdhva-manthinam suklaya tanuvavatatara.
- barhisi
- in the arena of sacrifice
- tasmin
- that
- eva
- in this way
- visnu-datta
- O Maharaja Pariksit
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- parama-rsibhih
- by the great rsis
- prasaditah
- being pleased
- nabheh priya-cikirsaya
- to please King Nabhi
- tat-avarodhayane
- in his wife
- merudevyam
- Merudevi
- dharman
- the principles of religion
- darsayitu-kamah
- desiring to exhibit how to perform
- vata-rasananam
- of the sannyasis (who have almost no cloth)
- sramananam
- of the vanaprasthas
- rsinam
- of the great sages
- urdhva-manthinam
- of the brahmacaris
- suklaya tanuva
- in His original spiritual form, which is above the modes of material nature
- avatatara
- appeared as an incarnation
O Visnudatta, Pariksit Maharaja, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was pleased by the great sages at that sacrifice. Consequently the Lord decided to personally exhibit the method of executing religious principles (as observed by brahmacaris, sannyasis, vanaprasthas and grhasthas engaged in rituals) and also satisfy Maharaja Nabhi’s desire. Consequently He appeared as the son of Merudevi in His original spiritual form, which is above the modes of material nature.