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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.25

తథాయం చావతారస్తే భువో భారజిహీర్షయా । స్వానాం చానన్యభావానామనుధ్యానాయ చాసకృత్ ॥ ౨౫ ॥
tathāyaṁ cāvatāras te
[tathaayam chaavataaras te]
bhuvo bhāra-jihīrṣayā
[bhuvo bhaara-jiheershayaa]
svānāṁ cānanya-bhāvānām
[svaanaam chaananya-bhaavaanaam]
anudhyānāya cāsakṛt
[anudhyaanaaya chaasakrit]
tathā — thus ayam — this ca — and avatāraḥ — incarnation te — Your bhuvaḥ — of the material world bhāra — burden jihīrṣayā — for removing svānām — of the friends ca ananya-bhāvānām — and of the exclusive devotees anudhyānāya — for remembering repeatedly ca — and asakṛt — fully satisfied.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tathāyaṁ cāvatāras te
tathā
thus
ayam
this
ca
and
avatāraḥ
incarnation
te
Your
bhuvo bhāra-jihīrṣayā
bhuvaḥ
of the material world
bhāra
burden
jihīrṣayā
for removing
svānāṁ cānanya-bhāvānām
svānām
of the friends
ca ananya-bhāvānām
and of the exclusive devotees
anudhyānāya
for remembering repeatedly
anudhyānāya cāsakṛt
ca
and
asakṛt
fully satisfied.
Thus You descend as an incarnation to remove the burden of the world and to benefit Your friends, especially those who are Your exclusive devotees and are constantly rapt in meditation upon You.

It appears that the Lord is partial to His devotees. Everyone is related with the Lord. He is equal to everyone, and yet He is more inclined to His own men and devotees. The Lord is everyone’s father. No one can be His father, and yet no one can be His son. His devotees are His kinsmen, and His devotees are His relations. This is His transcendental pastime. It has nothing to do with mundane ideas of relations, fatherhood or anything like that. As mentioned above, the Lord is above the modes of material nature, and thus there is nothing mundane about His kinsmen and relations in devotional service.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
You appear in this world in this way, in your spiritual form, with a desire to relieve the burden of the earth and to give continuous happiness to your dedicated devotees by letting them worship you.
Commentary

In this way, rejecting māyā, in your spiritual form (tathā), you appear in this world (ayam avatāraḥ).

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