Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.16.23

yadvamba te bhuri-bharavatara-

kritavatarasya harer dharitri

antarhitasya smarati visrishta

karmani nirvana-vilambitani

SYNONYMS

yadva -- that may be; amba -- O mother; te -- your; bhuri -- heavy; bhara -- load; avatara -- decreasing the load; krita -- done; avatarasya -- one who incarnated; hareh -- of Lord Sri Krishna; dharitri -- O earth; antarhitasya -- of Him who is now out of sight; smarati -- while thinking of; visrishta -- all that were performed; karmani -- activities; nirvana -- salvation; vilambitani -- that which entails.

TRANSLATION

O mother earth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, incarnated Himself as Lord Sri Krishna just to unload your heavy burden. All His activities here are transcendental, and they cement the path of liberation. You are now bereft of His presence. You are probably now thinking of those activities and feeling sorry in their absence.

PURPORT

The activities of the Lord include liberation, but they are more relishable than the pleasure derived from nirvana, or liberation. According to Srila Jiva Gosvami and Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, the word used here is nirvana-vilambitani, that which minimizes the value of liberation. To attain nirvana, liberation, one has to undergo a severe type of tapasya, austerity, but the Lord is so merciful that He incarnates to diminish the burden of the earth. Simply by remembering such activities, one can defy the pleasure derived from nirvana and reach the transcendental abode of the Lord to associate with Him, eternally engaged in His blissful loving service.

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