सर्वे ह्यमी विधिकरास्तव सत्त्वधाम्नो ब्रह्मादयो वयमिवेश न चोद्विजन्त: । क्षेमाय भूतय उतात्मसुखाय चास्य विक्रीडितं भगवतो रुचिरावतारै: ॥ १३ ॥
sarve hy ami vidhi-karas tava sattva-dhamno brahmadayo vayam ivesa na codvijantah ksemaya bhutaya utatma-sukhaya casya vikriditam bhagavato ruciravataraih
- sarve
- all
- hi
- certainly
- ami
- these
- vidhi-karah
- executors of orders
- tava
- Your
- sattva-dhamnah
- being always situated in the transcendental world
- brahma-adayah
- the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma
- vayam
- we
- iva
- like
- isa
- O my Lord
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- udvijantah
- who are afraid (of Your fearful appearance)
- ksemaya
- for the protection
- bhutaye
- for the increase
- uta
- it is said
- atma-sukhaya
- for personal satisfaction by such pastimes
- ca
- also
- asya
- of this (material world)
- vikriditam
- manifested
- bhagavatah
- of Your Lordship
- rucira
- very pleasing
- avataraih
- by Your incarnations
O my Lord, all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, are sincere servants of Your Lordship, who are situated in a transcendental position. Therefore they are not like us (Prahlada and his father, the demon Hiranyakasipu). Your appearance in this fearsome form is Your pastime for Your own pleasure. Such an incarnation is always meant for the protection and improvement of the universe.