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solution to the problems. Such a problem arose when Karhsa and others
were ruling over the earth and the earth became too much overburdened
by the misdeeds of the asuras. Brahmaji, along with other demigods,
prayed at the shore of the Ksirodaka Ocean, and they were advised of the
descent of Krsna as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. So some people say
that the Lord appeared because of the prayers of Brahmaji.

Kuntidevi is describing the different statements of different persons
about why Krsna appears. Some say that He appeared at the request of
Vasudeva and Devaki, and some say He appeared at the request of
Brahma. Bharavataranayanye bhuvo nava ivodadhau: ‘‘Some say that He
appeared just to reduce the burden of the world, which was overbur-
dened like a boat at sea.”’ When the world is overburdened, there must
be war, pestilence, famine, epidemics, and so on. This is nature’s law.

The earth floats in space among many millions of other planets, all of
them bearing huge mountains and oceans. It floats because Krsna enters
into it, as stated in Bhagavad-gita (gam avisya), just as He enters the
atom. The earth is certainly not weightless; rather, it is very heavy. But it
floats because the Supreme Spirit is within it.

Everything is lightened by the presence of spirit. One’s body will float
in water as long as one is alive, but as soon as the spirit soul leaves, the
body immediately sinks. As long as a child is alive we can take it along by
one hand, but when the child is dead it is heavy. So now we are heavy,
but when we are spiritually advanced we will be free from impediments.
Now we cannot fly in the air, but the spirit soul is so light that when freed
from the body it can go within a second to Vaikunthaloka, the spiritual
world (tyaktvad deham punar janma naiti mam eti).

Why then does the world become overloaded? It becomes overloaded
due to the presence of demons, those who are against devotional service.
When mother earth feels this load to be too heavy, Krsna comes just to
unburden the earth. If a ship is overloaded, its position is very
dangerous, for it may sink at any moment. Therefore when mother earth
felt too uncomfortable because of being overloaded with demons
(sidantyd bhuri-bhdrena) , she approached Brahmi, the chief living being
within this universe. When there is a need, the chief personalities in the
universe approach Brahma, who approaches Visnu to ask that He reduce
whatever the burden is. Then Visnu or Krsna appears as an incarnation,
as stated in Bhagavad-gita (4.7):

yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
