भारावतारणायान्ये भुवो नाव इवोदधौ ।
सीदन्त्या भूरिभारेण जातो ह्यात्मभुवार्थितः ॥३४॥

bhÄrÄvatÄraṇÄyÄnye
bhuvo nÄva ivodadhau
sÄ«dantyÄ bhÅ«ri-bhÄreṇa
jÄto hy Ätma-bhuvÄrthitaḥ

5 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(4) , TQK(1)

 bhÄra-avatÄraṇÄya - just to reduce the burden to the world; anye - others; bhuvaḥ - of the world; nÄvaḥ - boat; iva - like; udadhau - on the sea; sÄ«dantyÄḥ - aggrieved; bhÅ«ri - extremely; bhÄreṇa - by the burden; jÄtaḥ - You were born; hi - certainly; Ätma-bhuvÄ - by BrahmÄ; arthitaḥ - being prayed for.


Text

Others say that the world, being overburdened like a boat at sea, is much aggrieved, and that BrahmÄ, who is Your son, prayed for You, and so You have appeared to diminish the trouble.

Purport

BrahmÄ, or the first living being born just after the creation, is the direct son of NÄrÄyaṇa. NÄrÄyaṇa, as GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu, first of all entered the material universe. Without spiritual contact, matter cannot create. This principle was followed from the very beginning of the creation. The Supreme Spirit entered the universe, and the first living being, BrahmÄ, was born on a lotus flower grown out of the transcendental abdomen of Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu is therefore known as PadmanÄbha. BrahmÄ is known as Ätma-bhÅ« because he was begotten directly from the father without any contact of mother Laká¹£mÄ«jÄ«. Laká¹£mÄ«jÄ« was present near NÄrÄyaṇa, engaged in the service of the Lord, and still, without contact with Laká¹£mÄ«jÄ«, NÄrÄyaṇa begot BrahmÄ. That is the omnipotency of the Lord. One who foolishly considers NÄrÄyaṇa like other living beings should take a lesson from this. NÄrÄyaṇa is not an ordinary living being. He is the Personality of Godhead Himself, and He has all the potencies of all the senses in all parts of His transcendental body. An ordinary living being begets a child by sexual intercourse, and he has no other means to beget a child other than the one designed for him. But NÄrÄyaṇa, being omnipotent, is not bound to any condition of energy. He is complete and independent to do anything and everything by His various potencies, very easily and perfectly. BrahmÄ is therefore directly the son of the father and was not put into the womb of a mother. Therefore he is known as Ätma-bhÅ«. This BrahmÄ is in charge of further creations in the universe, secondarily reflected by the potency of the Omnipotent. Within the halo of the universe there is a transcendental planet known as ÅšvetadvÄ«pa, which is the abode of the KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu, the ParamÄtmÄ feature of the Supreme Lord. Whenever there is trouble in the universe that cannot be solved by the administrative demigods, they approach BrahmÄjÄ« for a solution, and if it is not to be solved even by BrahmÄjÄ«, then BrahmÄjÄ« consults and prays to the KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu for an incarnation and solution to the problems. Such a problem arose when Kaá¹sa and others were ruling over the earth and the earth became too much overburdened by the misdeeds of the asuras. BrahmÄjÄ«, along with other demigods, prayed at the shore of the Kṣīrodaka Ocean, and they were advised of the descent of Kṛṣṇa as the son of Vasudeva and DevakÄ«. So some people say that the Lord appeared because of the prayers of BrahmÄjÄ«.