yam ahur asya sthiti-janma-samyamam
tribhir vihinam yam anantam rsayah
na veda siddhartham iva kvacit sthitam
bhu-mandalam murdha-sahasra-dhamasu
yam-whom; ahuh-they said; asya-of the material world; sthiti-the maintenance; janma-creation; samyamam-annihilation; tribhih-these three; vihinam-without; yam-which; anantam-unlimited; rsayah-all the great sages; na-not; veda-feels; siddha-artham-a mustard seed; iva-like; kvacit-where; sthitam-situated; bhu-mandalam-the universe; murdha-sahasra-dhamasu-on the hundreds and thousands of hoods of the Lord.