इत्थं नृतिर्यगृषिदेवझषावतारै- र्लोकान् विभावयसि हंसि जगत्प्रतीपान् । धर्मं महापुरुष पासि युगानुवृत्तं छन्न: कलौ यदभवस्त्रियुगोऽथ स त्वम् ॥ ३८ ॥
ittham nr-tiryag-rsi-deva-jhasavatarair lokan vibhavayasi hamsi jagat pratipan dharmam maha-purusa pasi yuganuvrttam channah kalau yad abhavas tri-yugo ’tha sa tvam
- ittham
- in this way
- nr
- like a human being (such as Lord Krsna and Lord Ramacandra)
- tiryak
- like animals (such as the boar)
- rsi
- as a great saint (Parasurama)
- deva
- as demigods
- jhasa
- as an aquatic (such as the fish and tortoise)
- avataraih
- by such different incarnations
- lokan
- all the different planetary systems
- vibhavayasi
- You protect
- hamsi
- You (sometimes) kill
- jagat pratipan
- persons who have simply created trouble in this world
- dharmam
- the principles of religion
- maha-purusa
- O great personality
- pasi
- You protect
- yuga-anuvrttam
- according to the different millenniums
- channah
- covered
- kalau
- in the Age of Kali
- yat
- since
- abhavah
- have been (and will be in the future)
- tri-yugah
- named Triyuga
- atha
- therefore
- sah
- the same personality
- tvam
- You
In this way, my Lord, You appear in various incarnations as a human being, an animal, a great saint, a demigod, a fish or a tortoise, thus maintaining the entire creation in different planeary systems and killing the demoniac principles. According to the age, O my Lord, You protect the principles of religion. In the age of Kali, however, You do not assert Yourself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore You are known as Triyuga, or the Lord who appears in three yugas.