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The Lord Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī
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nijāṅga-sveda-jale brahmāṇḍārdha bharila sei jale śeṣa-śayyāya śayana karila
SYNONYMS
nija-aṅga —from His own personal body;  sveda-jale —by emitting the water of perspiration;  brahmāṇḍa-ardha —half of the universe;  bharila —filled;  sei jale —on that water;  śeṣa-śayyāya —on the bed of Lord Śeṣa;  śayana karila —lay down.
TRANSLATION
“With the perspiration produced from His own body, the Lord filled half the universe with water. He then lay down on that water on the bed of Lord Śeșa.
TEXT 287
তাঁর নাভিপদ্ম হৈতে উঠিল এক পদ্ম ।  
 সেই পদ্মে হইল ব্রহ্মার জন্ম-সন্ম ॥ ২৮৭ ॥
täära näbhi-padma haite uthila eka padma sei padme ha-ila brahmāra janma-sadma
SYNONYMS
tāṅra nābhi-padma haite —from His lotus navel;  uṭhila —grew;  eka —one;  padma —lotus flower;  sei padme —on that lotus flower;  ha-ila —there was;  brahmāra —of Lord Brahmā;  janma-sadma —the place of generation.
TRANSLATION
“A lotus flower then sprouted from the lotus navel of that Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. That lotus flower became Lord Brahmā’s birthplace.
TEXT 2888
সেই পদ্মনালে হইল চৌদ্দ ভুবন । 
তেঁহো ‘ব্রহ্মা’ হঞা স্বষ্টি করিল স্জন ॥ ২৮৮ ॥
sei padma-nāle ha-ila caudda bhuvana teṅho ‘brahmā’ hañā sṛṣṭi karila sṛjana
SYNONYMS
sei padma-nāle —within the stem of that lotus;  ha-ila —became manifested;  caudda —fourteen;  bhuvana —planetary systems;  teṅho —He;  brahmā —Lord