অবতারা হ্যসংখ্যেযা হরেঃ সত্ত্বনিধের্দ্বিজাঃ যথা ঽবিদাসিনঃ কুল্যাঃ সরসঃ স্যুঃ সহস্রশঃ
अवतारा ह्यसंख्येया हरेः सत्त्वनिधेर्द्विजाः यथा ऽविदासिनः कुल्याः सरसः स्युः सहस्रशः
avatārā hy asaṅkhyeyā hareḥ sattva-nidher dvijāḥ yathā 'vidāsinaḥ kulyāḥ sarasaḥ syuḥ sahasraśaḥ
Synonyms
avatārāḥ—all the incarnations; hi—certainly; asaṅkhyeyāḥ—beyond counting; hareḥ—from the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sattva-nidheḥ—who is the reservoir of spiritual energy; dvijāḥ—O brāhmaṇas; yathā—as; avidāsinaḥ—containing a great reservoir of water; kulyāḥ—small ponds; sarasaḥ—from a lake; syuḥ—must be; sahasraśaḥ—by hundreds and thousands of times..
Translation
" 'O learned brāhmaṇas, just as hundreds and thousands of small ponds issue from great reservoirs of water, innumerable incarnations flow from Śrī Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the reservoir of all power.'
Purport
This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.3.26).