pūrvavat likhi yabe guṇāvatāra-gaṇa
asaṅkhya saṅkhyā tāṅra, nā haya gaṇana
pūrva-vat - as previously; likhi - I write; yabe - when; guṇa-avatāra-gaṇa - incarnations of the material modes of nature; asaṅkhya - innumerable; saṅkhya - counting; tāṅra - of them; nā haya gaṇana - not actually countable.