athÄkhyÄhi harer dhÄ«mann
avatÄra-kathÄḥ Å›ubhÄḥ
lÄ«lÄ vidadhataḥ svairam
Ä«Å›varasyÄtma-mÄyayÄ
atha - therefore; ÄkhyÄhi - describe; hareḥ - of the Lord; dhÄ«man - O sagacious one; avatÄra - incarnations; kathÄḥ - narratives; Å›ubhÄḥ - auspicious; lÄ«lÄ - adventures; vidadhataḥ - performed; svairam - pastimes; Ä«Å›varasya - of the supreme controller; Ätma - personal; mÄyayÄ - energies.
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.