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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.46
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 46
- maitreya uvāca
- ity upasthīyamāno 'sau
- munibhir brahma-vādibhiḥ
- salile sva-khurākrānta
- upādhattāvitāvanim
maitreyaḥthe sage Maitreya said uvācathe sage Maitreya said — the sage Maitreya said; itithus — thus; upasthīyamānaḥbeing praised by — being praised by; asauLord Boar — Lord Boar; munibhiḥby the great sages — by the great sages; brahmaby the transcendentalists-vādibhiḥby the transcendentalists — by the transcendentalists; salileon the water — on the water; svatouched by His own hooves-khuratouched by His own hooves-ākrāntetouched by His own hooves — touched by His own hooves; upādhattaplaced — placed; avitāthe maintainer — the maintainer; avanimthe earth — the earth.
The sage Maitreya said: The Lord, being thus worshiped by all the great sages and transcendentalists, touched the earth with His hooves and placed it on the water.
The earth was placed on the water by His inconceivable potency. The Lord is all-powerful, and therefore He can sustain the huge planets either on the water or in the air, as He likes. The tiny human brain cannot conceive how these potencies of the Lord can act. Man can give some vague explanation of the laws by which such phenomena are made possible, but actually the tiny human brain is unable to conceive of the activities of the Lord, which are therefore called inconceivable. Yet the frog-philosophers still try to give some imaginary explanation.