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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.8
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 8
- padma-kośaṁ tadāviśya
- bhagavat-karma-coditaḥ
- ekaṁ vyabhāṅkṣīd urudhā
- tridhā bhāvyaṁ dvi-saptadhā
padmathe whorl of the lotus-kośamthe whorl of the lotus — the whorl of the lotus; tadāthen — then; āviśyaentering into — entering into; bhagavatby the Supreme Personality of Godhead — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; karmain activities — in activities; coditaḥbeing encouraged by — being encouraged by; ekamone — one; vyabhāṅkṣītdivided into — divided into; urudhāgreat division — great division; tridhāthree divisions — three divisions; bhāvyamcapable of further creation — capable of further creation; dvifourteen divisions-saptadhāfourteen divisions — fourteen divisions.
Thus engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Brahmā entered into the whorl of the lotus, and as it spread all over the universe he divided it into three divisions of worlds and later into fourteen divisions.