SB 8.24.29

TEXT 29

TEXT

सर्वे लीलावतारास्ते भूतानां भूतिहेतवः ।
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.

TRANSLATION

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.

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