পূর্বে যৈছে কৈল সর্ব-বিশ্বের সৃজন ।
অবতরি' কৈল এবে ভক্তি-প্রবর্তন ॥ ২৭ ॥
purve yaiche kaila sarva-visvera srjana
avatari' kaila ebe bhakti-pravartana
purve-formerly; yaiche-as; kaila-performed; sarva-all; visvera-of the universes; srjana-creation; avatari'-taking incarnation; kaila-did; ebe-now; bhakti-pravartana-inauguration of the bhakti cult.
As He had formerly created all the universes, now He descended to introduce the path of bhakti.