श्रीब्रह्मोवाच भूमेर्भारावताराय पुरा विज्ञापित: प्रभो । त्वमस्माभिरशेषात्मन्तत्तथैवोपपादितम् ॥ २१ ॥
śrī-brahmovāca bhūmer bhārāvatārāya purā vijñāpitaḥ prabho tvam asmābhir aśeṣātman tat tathaivopapāditam
- śrī-brahmā uvāca
- Śrī Brahmā said
- bhūmeḥ
- of the earth
- bhāra
- the burden
- avatārāya
- for the sake of diminishing
- purā
- previously
- vijñāpitaḥ
- were requested
- prabho
- O Lord
- tvam
- You
- asmābhiḥ
- by us
- aśeṣa-ātman
- O unlimited Soul of all
- tat
- that (request)
- tathā eva
- just as expressed by us
- upapāditam
- was fulfilled
Lord Brahmā said: My dear Lord, previously we requested You to remove the burden of the earth. O unlimited Personality of Godhead, that request has certainly been fulfilled.