मैत्रेय उवाच
तावाश्वास्य जगत्स्रष्टा कुमारैः सहनारदः ।
हंसो हंसेन यानेन त्रिधामपरमं ययौ ॥ २० ॥
maitreyah uvaca-Maitreya said; tau-the couple; asvasya-having reassured; jagat-srasta-the creator of the universe; kumaraih-along with the Kumaras; saha naradah-with Narada; hamsah-Lord Brahma; hamsena yanena-by his swan carrier; tri-dhama paramam-to the highest planetary system; yayau-went.
Sri Maitreya said: After thus speaking to Kardama Muni and his wife, Devahuti, Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe, who is also known as Hamsa, went back to the highest of the three planetary systems on his swan carrier with the four Kumaras and Narada.
The words hamsena yanena are very significant here. Hamsa-yana, the airplane by which Brahma travels all over outer space, resembles a swan. Brahma is also known as Hamsa because he can grasp the essence of everything. His abode is called tri-dhama paramam. There are three divisions of the universe-the upper planetary system, the middle planetary system and the lower planetary system-but his abode is above even Siddhaloka, the upper planetary system. He returned to his own planet with the four Kumaras and Narada because they were not going to be married. The other rsis who came with him, such as Marici and Atri, remained there because they were to be married to the daughters of Kardama, but his other sons, Sanat, Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and Narada, went back with him in his swan-shaped airplane. The four Kumaras and Narada are naisthika-brahmacaris. Naisthika-brahmacari means one who never wastes his semina at any time. They were not to attend the marriage ceremony of their other brothers, Marici and the other sages, and therefore they went back with their father, Hamsa.