pÅ«rvavat likhi yabe guṇÄvatÄra-gaṇa
asaá¹…khya saá¹…khyÄ tÄá¹…ra, nÄ haya gaṇana
pÅ«rva-vat - as previously; likhi - I write; yabe - when; guṇa-avatÄra-gaṇa - incarnations of the material modes of nature; asaá¹…khya - innumerable; saá¹…khya - counting; tÄá¹…ra - of them; nÄ haya gaṇana - not actually countable.