मृणालगौरायतशेषभोग पर्यङ्क एकं पुरुषं शयानम् ।
फणातपत्रायुतमूर्धरत्न द्युभिर्हतध्वान्तयुगान्ततोये ॥ २३ ॥
mrnala-gaurayat asesabhoga-
paryaṅka ekam purusam sayanam
phanatapatrayuta-murdha-ratna-
dyubhir hata-dhvanta-yuganta-toye
mrnala-lotus flower; gaurayat-white all over; asesabhoga-body; paryaṅke-on the bed; ekam-alone; purusam-the Supreme Person; sayanam-was lying; phana-atapatra-umbrella of a serpent hood; ayuta-bedecked with; murdha-head; ratna-jewels; dyubhih-by the rays; hata-dhvanta-darkness dissipated; yuganta-devastation; toye-in the water.
Brahma could see that on the water there was a gigantic lotuslike white bedstead, the body of Sesanaga, on which the Personality of Godhead was lying alone. The whole atmosphere was illuminated by the rays of the jewels bedecking the hood of Sesanaga, and that illumination dissipated all the darkness of those regions.