864 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 16
Srila Jiva Gosvami and Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakur, the word used here
is nirvana-vilambitani, that which minimizes the value of liberation. To
attain nirvana 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 nirvana and reach the transcendental abode of
the Lord to associate with Him, eternally engaged in His blissful loving
service.
TEXT 24
eK wre wy
wart aa freferefe
HST Td teat TTA
Sard fi ca aT RVI
idam mamacaksva tavadhimulam
vasundhare yena vikarsitasi
kalena va te balinam baliyasa
surarcitam kim hrtam amba saubhagan
idam—this; mama—unto me; acaksva—kindly inform; tava—your; adhi-
milam—the root cause of your tribulations; vasundhare—the reservoir of
all riches; yena—by which; vikarsita asi-reduced to much weakness;
kalena—by the influence of time; va—or;te—your; balinadm—very powerful;
baliyasa—more powerful; sura-arcitam—adored by the demigods; kim—
whether; hrtam—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-
