Text 15] Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu
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sa padma-kośaḥ sahasodatiṣṭhat kālena karma-pratibodhanena sva-rociṣā tat salilam viśālam vidyotayann arka ivātma-yoniḥ
saḥ—that; padma-kośaḥ—bud of a lotus flower; sahasā—suddenly; udatiṣṭhat—appeared; kālena—by time; karma—fruitive activities; pratibodhanena—awakening; sva-rociṣā—by its own effulgence; tat—that; salilam—water of devastation; viśālam—vast; vidyotayan—illuminating; arkaḥ—the sun; iva—like; ātma-yoniḥ—generating from the Personality of Viṣṇu.
TRANSLATION
Piercing through, this sum total form of the fruitive activity of the living entities took the shape of the bud of a lotus flower generated from the Personality of Viṣṇu, and by His supreme will it illuminated everything, like the sun, and dried up the vast waters of devastation.
TEXT 15
तल्लोकपथं स उ एव विष्णुः प्रावीविशत्सर्वगुणावभासम् । तस्मिन् स्वयं वेदमयो विधाता स्वयम्भुवं यं स वदन्ति सोऽभूत् ॥१५॥
tal loka-padmam sa u eva viṣṇuḥ prāvīviśat sarva-guṇāvabhāsam tasmin svayam veda-mayo vidhātā svayam-bhuvam yam sma vadanti so 'bhūt
tat—that; loka—universal; padmam—lotus flower; saḥ—He; u—certainly; eva—factually; viṣṇuḥ—the Lord; prāvīviśat—entered into; sarva—all; guṇa-avabhāsam—reservoir of all modes of nature; tasmin—in which; svayam—in person; veda-mayaḥ—the personality of Vedic wisdom; vidhātā—controller of the universe; svayam-bhuvam—self-born; yam—whom; sma—in the past; vadanti—do say; saḥ—he; abhūt—generated.
TRANSLATION
Into that universal lotus flower Lord Viṣṇu personally entered as the Supersoul, and when it was thus impregnated with all the modes of material nature, the personality of Vedic wisdom, whom we call the self-born, was generated.