सर्वे लीलावतारास्ते भूतानां भूतिहेतव: । ज्ञातुमिच्छाम्यदो रूपं यदर्थं भवता धृतम् ॥ २९ ॥
sarve lilavataras te bhutanam bhuti-hetavah jnatum icchamy ado rupam yad-artham bhavata dhrtam
- sarve
- everything
- lila
- pastimes
- avatarah
- incarnations
- te
- of Your Lordship
- bhutanam
- of all living entities
- bhuti
- of a flourishing condition
- hetavah
- the causes
- jnatum
- to know
- icchami
- I wish
- adah
- this
- rupam
- form
- yat-artham
- for what purpose
- bhavata
- by Your Lordship
- dhrtam
- assumed.
All Your pastimes and incarnations certainly appear for the welfare of all living entities. Therefore, my Lord, I wish to know the purpose for which You have assumed this form of a fish.