Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.16
मैत्रेय उवाच
परमेष्ठी त्वपां मध्ये तथा सन्नामवेक्ष्य गाम् ।
कथमेनां समुन्नेष्य इति दध्यौ धिया चिरम् ॥ १६ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
parameṣṭhī tv apāṁ madhye
[parameshthee tv apaam madhye]
tathā sannām avekṣya gām
[tathaa sannaam avekshya gaam]
katham enāṁ samunneṣya
[katham enaam samunneshya]
iti dadhyau dhiyā ciram
[iti dadhyau dhiyaa chiram]
Word-for-word
maitreyaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Maitreya Muni said
parameṣṭhī
—
Brahmā
tu
—
also
apām
—
the water
madhye
—
within
tathā
—
thus
sannām
—
situated
avekṣya
—
seeing
gām
—
the earth
katham
—
how
enām
—
this
samunneṣye
—
I shall lift
iti
—
thus
dadhyau
—
gave attention
dhiyā
—
by intelligence
ciram
—
for a long time.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
Śrī Maitreya Muni said
parameṣṭhī tv apāṁ madhye
parameṣṭhī
Brahmā
tu
also
apām
the water
madhye
within
tathā sannām avekṣya gām
tathā
thus
sannām
situated
avekṣya
seeing
gām
the earth
katham enāṁ samunneṣya
katham
how
enām
this
samunneṣye
I shall lift
iti dadhyau dhiyā ciram
iti
thus
dadhyau
gave attention
dhiyā
by intelligence
ciram
for a long time.
Śrī Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahmā gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.
Purport
According to Jīva Gosvāmī, the topics delineated here are of different millenniums. The present topics are of the Śveta-varāha millennium, and topics regarding the Cākṣuṣa millennium will also be discussed in this chapter.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: Brahmā, seeing the earth submerged in the water, contemplated for a long time how to raise it up.
Personal Guidance
The cosmology here is not abstract scenery — it locates the reader inside a vast, intelligent order. Seeing your tiny role in this design quietly cools the urge to make yourself the centre.
Reflection Questions
- Where have you been demanding outcomes from a system you did not design?
- How could awe of the creation become a daily practice and not just a Sunday feeling?
My note
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