TEXT 8
padma-kosam tadavisya
bhagavat-karma-coditah
ekam vyabhanksid urudha
tridha bhavyam dvi-saptadha
SYNONYMS
padma-kosamthe whorl of the lotus; tadathen; avisyaentering into; bhagavatby the Supreme Personality of Godhead; karmain activities; coditahbeing encouraged by; ekamone; vyabhanksitdivided into; urudhagreat division; tridhathree divisions; bhavyamcapable of further creation; dvi-saptadhafourteen divisions.
TRANSLATION
Thus engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Brahma entered into the whorl of the lotus, and as it spread all over the universe he divided it into three divisions of worlds and later into fourteen divisions.

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