Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.19
SB 3.8.19
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sa ittham udvīkṣya tad-abja-nāla- nāḍībhir antar-jalam āviveśa nārvāg-gatas tat-khara-nāla-nāla- nābhiṁ vicinvaṁs tad avindatājaḥ
Translation
Lord Brahmā, thus contemplating, entered the water through the channel of the stem of the lotus. But in spite of entering the stem and going nearer to the navel of Viṣṇu, he could not trace out the root.