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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.17
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 17
- tasmād yugānta-śvasanāvaghūrṇa-
- jalormi-cakrāt salilād virūḍham
- upāśritaḥ kañjam u loka-tattvaṁ
- nātmānam addhāvidad ādi-devaḥ
tasmātfrom there — from there; yugaat the end of the millennium-antaat the end of the millennium — at the end of the millennium; śvasanathe air of devastation — the air of devastation; avaghūrṇabecause of movement — because of movement; jalawater — water; ūrmiout of the circle of waves-cakrātout of the circle of waves — out of the circle of waves; salilātfrom the water — from the water; virūḍhamsituated on them — situated on them; upāśritaḥhaving the shelter of — having the shelter of; kañjamlotus flower — lotus flower; u — in astonishment; lokathe mystery of creation-tattvamthe mystery of creation — the mystery of creation; nanot — not; ātmānamhimself — himself; addhāperfectly — perfectly; avidatcould understand — could understand; ādithe first demigod-devaḥthe first demigod — the first demigod.
Lord Brahmā, situated in that lotus, could not perfectly understand the creation, the lotus or himself. At the end of the millennium the air of devastation began to move the water and the lotus in great circular waves.
Lord Brahmā was perplexed about his creation, the lotus and the world, even though he tried to understand them for one millennium, which is beyond calculation in the solar years of human beings. No one, therefore, can know the mystery of the creation and cosmic manifestation simply by mental speculation. The human being is so limited in his capacity that without the help of the Supreme he can hardly understand the mystery of the will of the Lord in terms of creation, continuance and destruction.