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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 16]
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī and Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākur, 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.
TEXT 24
इदं ममाचक्ष्व तवाधिमूलं 
    वसुन्धरे येन विकर्शितासि । 
    कालेन वा ते बलिनां बलीयसा 
    सुरार्चितं किं हृतमम्ब सौभगम् ॥२४॥
idam mamācakṣva tavādhimūlam  
 vasundhare yena vikarśitāsi  
 kālena vā te balinām balīyasā  
 surārcitam kim hṛtam amba saubhagan
idam —this;  mama —unto me;  ācakṣva —kindly inform;  tava —your;  ādhimūlam —the root cause of your tribulations;  vasundhare —the reservoir of all riches;  yena —by which;  vikarśitā asi —reduced to much weakness;  kālena —by the influence of time;  vā —or;  te —your;  balinām —very powerful;  balīyasā —more powerful;  sura-arcitam —adored by the demigods;  kim —whether;  hṛtam —taken away;  amba —mother;  saubhagam —fortune.
TRANSLATION
Mother, you are the reservoir of all riches. Please inform me of the root cause of your tribulations by which you have been reduced to such a weak state. I think that the powerful influence of time, which conquers the most powerful, might have forcibly taken away all your fortune, which was adored even by the demigods.
PURPORT
By the grace of the Lord, each and every planet is created fully equipped. So this earth is not only fully equipped with all the riches for the main-