SB 8.24.29

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eighth Canto - Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation

SB 8.24.28 - SB 8.24.30

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 29

sarve līlāvatārās te

bhūtānāṁ bhūti-hetavaḥ

jñātum icchāmy ado rūpaṁ

yad-arthaṁ bhavatā dhṛtam

SYNONYMS

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.

SB 8.24.28 - SB 8.24.30