SB 3.13.16
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- maitreya uvāca
- parameṣṭhī tv apāṁ madhye
- tathā sannām avekṣya gām
- katham enāṁ samunneṣya
- iti dadhyau dhiyā ciram
SYNONYMS
maitreyaḥ uvāca — Śrī Maitreya Muni said; parameṣṭhī — Brahmā; tu — also; apām — the water; madhye — within; tathā — thus; sannām — situated; avekṣya — seeing; gām — the earth; katham — how; enām — this; samunneṣye — I shall lift; iti — thus; dadhyau — gave attention; dhiyā — by intelligence; ciram — for a long time.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahmā gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.
PURPORT
According to Jīva Gosvāmī, the topics delineated here are of different millenniums. The present topics are of the Śveta-varāha millennium, and topics regarding the Cākṣuṣa millennium will also be discussed in this chapter.