raksam icchams tanur dhatte
dharmasyarthasya caiva hi
sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; go-of the cows; vipra-of the brahmanas; sura-of the demigods; sadhunam-and of the devotees; chandasam api-even of the Vedic literature; ca-and; isvarah-the supreme controller; raksam-the protection; icchan-desiring; tanuh dhatte-accepts the forms of incarnations; dharmasya-of the principles of religion; arthasya-of the principles of the purpose of life; ca-and; eva-indeed; hi-certainly.