SB 1.16.23

यद्वाम्ब ते भूरिभरावतार कृतावतारस्य हरेर्धरित्रि ।
अन्तर्हितस्य स्मरती विसृष्टा कर्माणि निर्वाणविलम्बितानि ॥ २३ ॥
yadvāmba te bhūri-bharāvatāra-
kṛtāvatārasya harer dharitri
antarhitasya smaratī visṛṣṭā
karmāṇi nirvāṇa-vilambitāni

Synonyms

yadvā — on the other hand [indicating the introduction of a plausible explanation distinguished from those just mentioned (pakṣāntarārambhaḥ)90]; amba — O Mother [he mātaḥ91]; dharitri — O Earth goddess [he dharitri92]; [do you feel anguished (śocasi kim)93]; smaratī — while recollecting [smaratī satī94]; karmāṇi — the divine acts [caritāni95]; vilambitāni — immediately conducive to [the ground and support for (āśritaṁ yeṣu tāni); intimately connected with and directly bestowing (viśeṣeṇa lambitāni sannihitāni sākṣāt-kṛtāni)96]; nirvāṇa — liberation [mokṣe97]; hareḥ — of Hari, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; kṛta-avatārasya — who appeared; avatāra — to relieve [avatāraṇārtham]; te — your [tava]; bhūri — immense; bhara — burden; [idānīm98] antarhitasya — [but] who has now disappeared; [thus leaving you (ata eva)]; visṛṣṭā — feeling abandoned [by Him (tena tyaktā satī)].

Translation

On the other hand, O Mother, O Earth goddess, do you feel anguished while recollecting the divine acts—immediately conducive to liberation—of Hari, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who appeared to relieve your immense burden, but who has now disappeared, thus leaving you feeling abandoned by Him?

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