युवां न न: सुतौ साक्षात् प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरौ । भूभारक्षत्रक्षपण अवतीर्णौ तथात्थ ह ॥ १८ ॥
yuvāṁ na naḥ sutau sākṣāt pradhāna-puruṣeśvarau bhū-bhāra-kṣatra-kṣapaṇa avatīrṇau tathāttha ha
- yuvām
- You two
- na
- not
- naḥ
- our
- sutau
- sons
- sākṣāt
- directly
- pradhāna-puruṣa
- of nature and its creator (Mahā-Viṣṇu)
- īśvarau
- the supreme controllers
- bhū
- of the earth
- bhāra
- the burden
- kṣatra
- royalty
- kṣapaṇe
- for eradicating
- avatīrṇau
- descended
- tathā
- so
- āttha
- You have said
- ha
- indeed
You are not our sons but the very Lords of both material nature and its creator [Mahā-Viṣṇu]. As You Yourself have told us, You have descended to rid the earth of the rulers who are a heavy burden upon her.