SB 3.13.16

TEXT 16

TEXT

मैत्रेय उवाच
परमेष्ठी त्वपां मध्ये तथा सन्नामवेक्ष्य गाम् ।
कथमेनां समुन्नेष्य इति दध्यौ धिया चिरम् ॥ १६ ॥

maitreya uvaca

paramesthi tv apam madhye

tatha sannam aveksya gam

katham enam samunnesya

iti dadhyau dhiya ciram

maitreyah uvaca-Sri Maitreya Muni said; paramesthi-Brahma; tu-also; apam-the water; madhye-within; tatha-thus; sannam-situated; aveksya-seeing; gam-the earth; katham-how; enam-this; samunnesye-I will lift; iti-thus; dadhyau-gave attention; dhiya-by intelligence; ciram-for a long time.

TRANSLATION

Sri Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahma gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.

PURPORT

According to Jiva Gosvami, the topics delineated here are of different millenniums. The present topics are of the Sveta-varaha millennium, and topics regarding the Caksusa millennium will also be discussed in this chapter.

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