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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.30
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- khuraiḥ kṣuraprair darayaṁs tad āpa
- utpāra-pāraṁ tri-parū rasāyām
- dadarśa gāṁ tatra suṣupsur agre
- yāṁ jīva-dhānīṁ svayam abhyadhatta
khuraiḥby the hooves — by the hooves; kṣurapraiḥcompared to a sharp weapon — compared to a sharp weapon; darayanpenetrating — penetrating; tatthat — that; āpaḥwater — water; utpārafound the limitation of the unlimited-pāramfound the limitation of the unlimited — found the limitation of the unlimited; trithe master of all sacrifices-paruḥthe master of all sacrifices — the master of all sacrifices; rasāyāmwithin the water — within the water; dadarśafound — found; gāmthe earth — the earth; tatrathere — there; suṣupsuḥlying — lying; agrein the beginning — in the beginning; yāmwhom — whom; jīvathe resting place for all living entities-dhānīmthe resting place for all living entities — the resting place for all living entities; svayampersonally — personally; abhyadhattauplifted — uplifted.
Lord Boar penetrated the water with His hooves, which were like sharp arrows, and found the limits of the ocean, although it was unlimited. He saw the earth, the resting place for all living beings, lying as it was in the beginning of creation, and He personally lifted it.
The word rasāyām is sometimes interpreted to mean Rasātala, the lowest planetary system, but that is not applicable in this connection, according to Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura. The earth is seven times superior to the other planetary systems, namely Tala, Atala, Talātala, Vitala, Rasātala, Pātāla, etc. Therefore the earth cannot be situated in the Rasātala planetary system. It is described in the Viṣṇu-dharma:
- pātāla-mūleśvara-bhoga-saṁhatau
- vinyasya pādau pṛthivīṁ ca bibhrataḥ
- yasyopamāno na babhūva so 'cyuto
- mamāstu māṅgalya-vivṛddhaye hariḥ
Therefore the Lord found the earth on the bottom of the Garbhodaka Ocean, where the planets rest during the devastation at the end of Brahmā's day.