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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.7
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 7
- tad vilokya viyad-vyāpi
- puṣkaraṁ yad-adhiṣṭhitam
- anena lokān prāg-līnān
- kalpitāsmīty acintayat
tatlooking into that vilokyalooking into that — looking into that; viyatextensively widespread-vyāpiextensively widespread — extensively widespread; puṣkaramthe lotus — the lotus; yatthat which — that which; adhiṣṭhitamhe was situated — he was situated; anenaby this — by this; lokānall the planets — all the planets; prākpreviously merged in dissolution-līnānpreviously merged in dissolution — previously merged in dissolution; kalpitāI shall create asmiI shall create — I shall create; itithus — thus; acintayathe thought — he thought.
Thereafter he saw that the lotus on which he was situated was spread throughout the universe, and he contemplated how to create all the planets, which were previously merged in that very same lotus.
The seeds of all the planets in the universe were impregnated in the lotus on which Brahmā was situated. All the planets were already generated by the Lord, and all the living entities were also born in Brahmā. The material world and the living entities were all already generated in seedling forms by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Brahmā was to disseminate the same seedlings all over the universe. The real creation is therefore called sarga, and, later on, the manifestation by Brahmā is called visarga.