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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 24]
sarve līlāvatārās te bhūtānām bhūti-hetavaḥ jñātum icchāmy ado rūpam yad-artham bhavatā dhṛtam
sarve—everything; līlā—pastimes; avatārāḥ—incarnations; te—of Your Lordship; bhūtānām—of all living entities; bhūti—of a flourishing condition; hetavaḥ—the causes; jñātum—to know; icchāmi—I wish; adaḥ—this; rūpam—form; yat-artham—for what purpose; bhavatā—by Your Lordship; dhṛtam—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.
TEXT 30
न तेऽरविन्दाक्ष पदोपसर्पणं मृषा भवेत् सर्वसुहृत्प्रियात्मनः । यथेतरेषां पृथगात्मनां सता- मदीदृशो यद् वपुरङ्गतं हि नः ॥३०॥
na te 'ravindākṣa padopasarpaṇam mṛṣā bhavet sarva-suhṛt-priyātmanaḥ yathetareṣām pṛthag-ātmanām satām adīdṛśo yad vapur adbhutam hi naḥ
na—never; te—of Your Lordship; aravinda-akṣa—My Lord, whose eyes are like the petals of a lotus; pada-upasarpaṇam—worship of the lotus feet; mṛṣā—useless; bhavet—can become; sarva-suhṛt—the friend of everyone; priya—dear to everyone; ātmanaḥ—the Supersoul of everyone; yathā—as; itareṣām—of others (the demigods); pṛthak-ātmanām—living entities who have material bodies different from the soul; satām—of those who are spiritually fixed; adīdṛśaḥ—You have manifested; yat—that; vapuḥ—body; adbhutam—wonderful; hi—indeed; naḥ—unto us.