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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.4

మైత్రేయ ఉవాచ విరిఞ్చోఽపి తథా చక్రే దివ్యం వర్షశతం తప: । ఆత్మన్యాత్మానమావేశ్య యథాహ భగవానజ: ॥ ౪ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
viriṣco ’pi tathā cakre
[virishcho ’pi tathaa chakre]
divyaṁ varṣa-śataṁ tapaḥ
[divyam varsha-shatam tapah]
ātmany ātmānam āveśya
[aatmany aatmaanam aaveshya]
yathāha bhagavān ajaḥ
[yathaaha bhagavaan ajah]
Word-for-word
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya said viriṣcaḥ — Brahmā api — also tathā — in that manner cakre — performed divyam — celestial varṣa-śatam — one hundred years tapaḥ — penances ātmani — unto the Lord ātmānam — his own self āveśya — engaging yathā āha — as it was spoken bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead ajaḥ — the unborn.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
the great sage Maitreya said
viriṣco ’pi tathā cakre
viriṣcaḥ
Brahmā
divyaṁ varṣa-śataṁ tapaḥ
api
also
tathā
in that manner
cakre
performed
divyam
celestial
ātmany ātmānam āveśya
yathāha bhagavān ajaḥ
varṣa-śatam
one hundred years
tapaḥ
penances
ātmani
unto the Lord
ātmānam
his own self
āveśya
engaging
yathā āha
as it was spoken
bhagavān
the Personality of Godhead
ajaḥ
the unborn.
The greatly learned sage Maitreya said: O Vidura, Brahmā thus engaged himself in penances for one hundred celestial years, as advised by the Personality of Godhead, and applied himself in devotional service to the Lord.
Purport

That Brahmā engaged himself for the Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, means that he engaged himself in the service of the Lord; that is the highest penance one can perform for any number of years. There is no retirement from such service, which is eternal and ever encouraging.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: Brahmā thus engaged in meditation for one hundred celestial years, as advised by the Lord, absorbing his mind in Nārāyaṇa. Ātmani ātmānam āveśya means he engaged his mind in Śrī Nārāyaṇa.
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