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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.15
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 15
- yad okaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ
- mahī magnā mahāmbhasi
- asyā uddharaṇe yatno
- deva devyā vidhīyatām
yatbecause — because; okaḥthe dwelling place — the dwelling place; sarvafor all — for all; bhūtānāmliving entities — living entities; mahīthe earth — the earth; magnāmerged — merged; mahāin the great water-ambhasiin the great water — in the great water; asyāḥof this — of this; uddharaṇein the lifting — in the lifting; yatnaḥattempt — attempt; devaO master of the demigods — O master of the demigods; devyāḥof this earth — of this earth; vidhīyatāmlet it be done — let it be done.
O master of the demigods, please attempt to lift the earth, which is merged in the great water, because it is the dwelling place for all the living entities. It can be done by your endeavor and by the mercy of the Lord.
The great water mentioned in this connection is the Garbhodaka Ocean, which fills half of the universe.