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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.16
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- maitreya uvāca
- parameṣṭhī tv apāṁ madhye
- tathā sannām avekṣya gām
- katham enāṁ samunneṣya
- iti dadhyau dhiyā ciram
maitreyaḥŚrī Maitreya Muni said uvācaŚrī Maitreya Muni said — Śrī Maitreya Muni said; parameṣṭhīBrahmā — Brahmā; tualso — also; apāmthe water — the water; madhyewithin — within; tathāthus — thus; sannāmsituated — situated; avekṣyaseeing — seeing; gāmthe earth — the earth; kathamhow — how; enāmthis — this; samunneṣyeI shall lift — I shall lift; itithus — thus; dadhyaugave attention — gave attention; dhiyāby intelligence — by intelligence; ciramfor a long time — for a long time.
Śrī Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahmā gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.
According to Jīva Gosvāmī, the topics delineated here are of different millenniums. The present topics are of the Śveta-varāha millennium, and topics regarding the Cākṣuṣa millennium will also be discussed in this chapter.