SB 1.16.23 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 23
- Yad va amba te bhuri bharavatara
- Krita avatarasya harer dharitri
- Antahritasya smarati visrista
- Karmani nirvan vilambitani.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Yad—that, Va—may be, Amba—oh mother, Te—your, Bhuri—heavy, Bhara—Load, Vatara—decreasing the load, Krita—done, Avatarasya—one who incarnated, Harer—of Lord Sri Krishna, Dharitri—oh the earth, Antarhritasya—of him who is now out of sight, Smarati—while thinking of, Visrista—all that were performed, Karmani—activities, Nirvan—salvation, Vilambitani—that which entails.
TRANSLATION
Oh mother earth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari incarnated Himself as Lord Sri Krishna just to unload your heavy burden whatever He has had done here they are all transcendental activities cementing the path of liberation. You are now bereft of His presence and probably you are thinking of those activities and feeling sorry in their absence.
PURPORT
The activities of the Lord includes liberation but they are more relishable than the pleasure derived from Nirvana or liberation. According to Srila Jiva Goswami and Viswanath Chakravarty Thakur the world used here is Nirvanabidambitani that which minimises the value of liberation. To attain nivana or liberation one has to undergo severe type of Tapasya austerities but the Lord is so merciful that He incarnates to diminish the overburden of the earth and simply by remembering such activities one can defy the pleasure derived from Nirvana and reaches the transcendental abode of the Lord to associate with Him eternally engaged in His blissful loving service.