adṛṣṭvÄnyatamaá¹ loke
śīlaudÄrya-guṇaiḥ samam
ahaá¹ suto vÄm abhavaá¹
pṛśnigarbha iti śrutaḥ

 adṛṣṭvÄ - not finding; anyatamam - anyone else; loke - in this world; Å›Ä«la-audÄrya-guṇaiḥ - with the transcendental qualities of good character and magnanimity; samam - equal to you; aham - I; sutaḥ - the son; vÄm - of both of you; abhavam - became; pṛśni-garbhaḥ - celebrated as born of Pṛśni; iti - thus; Å›rutaḥ - I am known.


Text

Since I found no one else as highly elevated as you in simplicity and other qualities of good character, I appeared in this world as Pṛśnigarbha, or one who is celebrated as having taken birth from Pṛśni.

Purport

In the TretÄ-yuga the Lord appeared as Pṛśnigarbha. ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura says, pṛśnigarbha iti so ’yaá¹ tretÄ-yugÄvatÄro laká¹£yate.