Bs 5.18

TEXT 18

TEXT

sisrksayam tato nabhes

tasya padmam viniryayau

tan-nalam hema-nalinam

brahmano lokam adbhutam

SYNONYMS

sisrksayam-when there was the will to create; tataḥ-then; nabheḥ-from the navel; tasya-of Him; padmam-a lotus; viniryayau-came out; tat-nalam-its stem; hema-nalinam-like a golden lotus; brahmanaḥ-of Brahma; lokam-the abode; adbhutam-wonderful.

TRANSLATION

When Visnu lying in the ocean of milk wills to create this universe, a golden lotus springs from His navel-pit. The golden lotus with its stem is the abode of Brahma representing Brahmaloka or Satyaloka.

PURPORT

"Gold" here means the dim reflection of pure cognition.

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