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Chapter 16: How Parīkṣit Received the Age of Kali

Verse 23 of 29
SB 1.16.23

यद्वाम्ब ते भूरिभरावतार कृतावतारस्य हरेर्धरित्रि अन्तर्हितस्य स्मरती विसृष्टा कर्माणि निर्वाणविलम्बितानि

yad-vāmba te bhūri-bharāvatāra- kṛtāvatārasya harer dharitri antarhitasya smaratī visṛṣṭā karmāṇi nirvāṇa-vilambitāni

Synonyms

yatthat; may be; ambaO mother; teyour; bhūriheavy; bharaload; avatāradecreasing the load; kṛtadone; avatārasyaone who incarnated; hareḥof Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; dharitriO earth; antarhitasyaof Him who is now out of sight; smaratīwhile thinking of; visṛṣṭāall that were performed; karmāṇiactivities; nirvāṇasalvation; vilambitānithat which entails..

Translation

O mother earth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, incarnated Himself as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa 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 included liberation, but they are more relishable than the pleasure derived from nirvāṇa or liberation. According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī and Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākur, the word used here is nirvāṇa-vilambitāni, that which minimizes the value of liberation. To attain nirvāṇa or liberation, one has to undergo a severe type of tapasya, austerities, 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 nirvāṇa and reach the transcendental abode of the Lord to associate with Him, eternally engaged in His blissful loving service.

Verse 23 of 29
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