Devanagari
तथायं चावतारस्ते भुवो भारजिहीर्षया ।
स्वानां चानन्यभावानामनुध्यानाय चासकृत् ॥ २५ ॥
Verse text
tathāyaṁ cāvatāras te
bhuvo bhāra-jihīrṣayā
svānāṁ cānanya-bhāvānām
anudhyānāya cāsakṛt
Synonyms
tathā
—
thus
;
ayam
—
this
;
ca
—
and
;
avatāraḥ
—
incarnation
;
te
—
Your
;
bhuvaḥ
—
of the material world
;
bhāra
—
burden
;
jihīrṣayā
—
for removing
;
svānām
—
of the friends
;
ca ananya
—
bhāvānām — and of the exclusive devotees
;
anudhyānāya
—
for remembering repeatedly
;
ca
—
and
;
asakṛt
—
fully satisfied .
Translation
Thus You descend as an incarnation to remove the burden of the world and to benefit Your friends, especially those who are Your exclusive devotees and are constantly rapt in meditation upon You.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
You appear in this world in this way, in your spiritual form, with a desire to relieve the burden of the earth and to give continuous happiness to your dedicated devotees by letting them worship you.
Purport
It appears that the Lord is partial to His devotees. Everyone is related with the Lord. He is equal to everyone, and yet He is more inclined to His own men and devotees. The Lord is everyone’s father. No one can be His father, and yet no one can be His son. His devotees are His kinsmen, and His devotees are His relations. This is His transcendental pastime. It has nothing to do with mundane ideas of relations, fatherhood or anything like that. As mentioned above, the Lord is above the modes of material nature, and thus there is nothing mundane about His kinsmen and relations in devotional service.
Commentary (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
In this way, rejecting māyā, in your spiritual form (tathā), you appear in this world (ayam avatāraḥ).