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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.29

శ్రీభగవానువాచ మా వేదగర్భ గాస్తన్ద్రీం సర్గ ఉద్యమమావహ । తన్మయాపాదితం హ్యగ్రే యన్మాం ప్రార్థయతే భవాన్ ॥ ౨౯ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
[shree-bhagavaan uvaacha]
mā veda-garbha gās tandrīṁ
[maa veda-garbha gaas tandreem]
sarga udyamam āvaha
[sarga udyamam aavaha]
tan mayāpāditaṁ hy agre
[tan mayaapaaditam hy agre]
yan māṁ prārthayate bhavān
[yan maam praarthayate bhavaan]
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Lord, the Personality of Godhead, said mā — do not veda-garbha — O You who have the depth of all Vedic wisdom gāḥ tandrīm — become dejected sarge — for creation udyamam — enterprises āvaha — you just undertake tat — that (which you want) mayā — by Me āpāditam — executed hi — certainly agre — previously yat — which mām — from Me prārthayate — begging bhavān — you.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
the Lord, the Personality of Godhead, said
mā veda-garbha gās tandrīṁ
mā
do not
veda-garbha
O You who have the depth of all Vedic wisdom
gāḥ tandrīm
become dejected
sarga udyamam āvaha
sarge
for creation
udyamam
enterprises
āvaha
you just undertake
tan mayāpāditaṁ hy agre
tat
that (which you want)
mayā
by Me
āpāditam
executed
hi
certainly
agre
previously
yan māṁ prārthayate bhavān
yat
which
mām
from Me
prārthayate
begging
bhavān
you.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead then said: O Brahmā, O depth of Vedic wisdom, be neither depressed nor anxious about the execution of creation. What you are begging from Me has already been granted before.

Any person authorized by either the Lord or by His bona fide representative is already blessed, as is the work entrusted to him. Of course, the person entrusted with such a responsibility should always be aware of his incapability and must always look for the mercy of the Lord for the successful execution of his duty. One should not be puffed up because he is entrusted with certain executive work. Fortunate is he who is so entrusted, and if he is always fixed in the sense of being subordinate to the will of the Supreme, he is sure to come out successful in the discharge of his work. Arjuna was entrusted with the work of fighting on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, and before he was so entrusted, the Lord had already arranged for his victory. But Arjuna was always conscious of his position as subordinate to the Lord, and thus he accepted Him as the supreme guide in his responsibility. Anyone who takes pride in doing responsible work but does not give credit to the Supreme Lord is certainly falsely proud and cannot execute anything nicely. Brahmā and persons in the line of his disciplic succession who follow in his footsteps are always successful in the discharge of loving transcendental service to the Supreme Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord said: O knower of all the Vedas! You should not be bereft of knowledge. Go about your efforts of creation. I will accomplish what you previously requested from me. This verse shows the complete dissolution of Brahmā’s illusion. May knowledge (tandrīm) not disappear, O source of the Vedas! One who knows all the Vedas should not be ignorant. “But I am uncertain about how to go about creation.” Go about your efforts in creation, and do not be worried that it will be a failure. You prayed that I should preserve your wisdom. What you requested will be accomplished by me
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