Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 1 Verse 18

Canto 1: Creation | Chapter 1: Questions by the Sages

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.18

athākhyāhi harer dhīmann

avatāra-kathāḥ śubhāḥ

līlā vidadhataḥ svairam

īśvarasyātma-māyayā

SYNONYMS

atha — therefore; ākhyāhi — describe; hareḥ — of the Lord; dhīman — O sagacious one; avatāra — incarnations; kathāḥ — narratives; śubhāḥ — auspicious; līlā — adventures; vidadhataḥ — performed; svairam — pastimes; īśvarasya — of the supreme controller; ātma — personal; māyayā — energies.

TRANSLATION

O wise Sūta, please narrate to us the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Godhead's multi-incarnations. Such auspicious adventures and pastimes of the Lord, the supreme controller, are performed by His internal powers.

PURPORT

For the creation, maintenance and destruction of the material worlds, the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead Himself appears in many thousands of forms of incarnations, and the specific adventures found in those transcendental forms are all auspicious. Both those who are present during such activities and those who hear the transcendental narrations of such activities are benefited.

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