Devanagari
भुवो भारावताराय भगवान् भूतभावन: ।
अवतीर्णो निजांशेन पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तन: ॥ ३४ ॥
Verse text
bhuvo bhārāvatārāya
bhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥ
avatīrṇo nijāṁśena
puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ
Synonyms
bhuvaḥ
—
of the world
;
bhāra-avatārāya
—
to lessen the burden
;
bhagavān
—
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
bhūta-bhāvanaḥ
—
always the well-wisher of all the living entities
;
avatīrṇaḥ
—
now He has descended
;
nija-aṁśena
—
with all the paraphernalia that is part of Him
;
puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ
—
He is simply worshiped by hearing and chanting, by which one becomes purified.
Translation
Lord Baladeva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who hears and chants about Him is purified. Because He is always the well-wisher of all living entities, He has descended with all His paraphernalia to purify the entire world and lessen its burden.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, the well-wisher of all living entities, who causes purification by hearing and chanting, has descended with his portion Balarāma to lessen the burden of the earth.