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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.47

स इत्थं भगवानुर्वीं विष्वक्सेन: प्रजापति: । रसाया लीलयोन्नीतामप्सु न्यस्य ययौ हरि: ॥ ४७ ॥
sa itthaṁ bhagavān urvīṁ
[sa ittham bhagavaan urveem]
viṣvaksenaḥ prajāpatiḥ
[vishvaksenah prajaapatih]
rasāyā līlayonnītām
[rasaayaa leelayonneetaam]
apsu nyasya yayau hariḥ
[apsu nyasya yayau harih]
Word-for-word
saḥ — He ittham — in this manner bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead urvīm — the earth viṣvaksenaḥ — another name of Viṣṇu prajā-patiḥ — the Lord of the living entities rasāyāḥ — from within the water līlayā — very easily unnītām — raised apsu — on the water nyasya — placing yayau — returned to His own abode hariḥ — the Personality of Godhead.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa itthaṁ bhagavān urvīṁ
saḥ
He
ittham
in this manner
bhagavān
the Personality of Godhead
urvīm
the earth
viṣvaksenaḥ prajāpatiḥ
viṣvaksenaḥ
another name of Viṣṇu
prajā-patiḥ
the Lord of the living entities
rasāyā līlayonnītām
rasāyāḥ
from within the water
līlayā
very easily
apsu nyasya yayau hariḥ
unnītām
raised
apsu
on the water
nyasya
placing
yayau
returned to His own abode
hariḥ
the Personality of Godhead.
In this manner the Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, the maintainer of all living entities, raised the earth from within the water, and having placed it afloat on the water, He returned to His own abode.
Purport

The Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, descends by His will to the material planets in His innumerable incarnations for particular purposes, and again He goes back to His own abode. When He descends He is called an avatāra because avatāra means “one who descends.” Neither the Lord Himself nor His specific devotees who come to this earth are ordinary living entities like us.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord, Viṣvakesena, the lord of the living beings, having placed upon the water the earth which he had lifted from the water, then departed for his own abode. Yayau means he departed for his abode, or disappeared.
Related lectures
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
  • What would change in your prayer if you remembered how small your sphere actually is?
  • Which 'cosmic' problem are you trying to solve when your actual task is just to play your small part well?
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