### SB 1.1.18

> अथाख्याहि हरेर्धीमन्नवतारकथाः शुभाः ।\
> ईला विदधतः स्वैरमीश्वरस्यात्ममायया ॥१८॥

> athākhyāhi harer dhīmann\
> avatāra-kathāḥ śubhāḥ\
> līlā vidadhataḥ svairam\
> īśvarasyātma-māyayā

*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*—the supreme controller's; *ātma*—personal; *māyayā*—energies.

**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 are performed by His internal powers.**

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.