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.