390 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 10

by this;lokan—all the planets; praiic-lindn—previously merged in dissolution;
kalpitadsmi-—| shall create; iti—thus; acintayat—thought like that.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter he saw that the lotus on which he was situated was spread
throughout the universe, and he contemplated how to create all the
planets, which were previously merged in that very same lotus.

PURPORT

The seeds of all the planets in the universe were impregnated in the lotus
on which Brahma was situated. All the planets were already generated by
the Lord, and all the living entities were also born in Brahma. The material
world and the living entities were all already generated in seedling forms
by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Brahma was to disseminate
the same seedlings all over the universe. The real creation is therefore
called sarga, and, later on, the manifestation by Brahmi is called visarga.

TEXT 8

qaata ase aTAEHAAa: |
UHapTgweN fen aed Ra I< Il

padma-kosam tadavisya
bhagavat-karma-coditah

ekam vyabhanksid urudha
tridha bhavyam dvi-saptadha

padma-kosam—the whorl of the lotus; tadd—then; avis ya—entering into;
bhagavat—by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; karma—in activities;
coditah—being encouraged by; ekam—one; vyabhanksit—divided into;
urudha—great division; tridha—three divisions; bhavyam—capable of further
creation; dvi-saptadha—fourtcen divisions.

TRANSLATION

Thus engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Lord Brahmi entered into the whorl of the lotus, and as it spread all over
the universe he divided it into three divisions of worlds and later into
fourteen divisions.
