उपासकानां कार्यार्थं श्रेयसे जगतामपि । दानवानां विनाशाय धत्से नानाविधास्तनूः ॥ १६ ॥
upāsakānāṁ kāryārthaṁ śrēyasē jagatāmapi | dānavānāṁ vināśāya dhatsē nānāvidhāstanūḥ || 16 ||
Translation
For the sake of your worshippers, for the good of the worlds, and to destroy the demons, you take bodies of many kinds.
Word by word
- upāsakānāṁ
- of the worshippers
- kāryārthaṁ
- for the sake
- śrēyasē
- for the good
- jagatāmapi
- of the worlds too
- dānavānāṁ
- of the demons
- vināśāya
- for the destruction
- dhatsē
- you take
- nānāvidhāstanūḥ
- bodies of many kinds
Meaning
Answering, says the commentary, the question why the formless one takes form.
