athÄpi kÄle sva-janÄbhiguptaye
bibhará¹£i sattvaá¹ khala-nigrahÄya ca
sva-lÄ«layÄ veda-pathaá¹ sanÄtanaá¹
varṇÄÅ›ramÄtmÄ puruá¹£aḥ paro bhavÄn
atha api - nonetheless; kÄle - at the correct time; sva-jana - of Your devotees; abhiguptaye - for the protection; bibhará¹£i - You assume; sattvam - the mode of goodness; khala - of the wicked; nigrahÄya - for the punishment; ca - and; sva - Your; lÄ«layÄ - by the pastimes; veda-patham - the path of the Vedas; sanÄtanam - eternal; varṇa-ÄÅ›rama - of the divine system of occupational and spiritual divisions of society; ÄtmÄ - the Soul; puruá¹£aḥ - the Personality of Godhead; paraḥ - Supreme; bhavÄn - Your good self.
This verse describes the Lord’s enlightening people in general (jana-saṅgraha) and His imitation of worldly behavior. Because the Personality of Godhead remains always perfect, the body He manifests when He comes to this world is not touched by material goodness; rather, it is a manifestation of the pure goodness known as viśuddha-sattva, the same spiritual substance that constitutes His original form.