768 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 20
more than; vai—in fact; varsa-sahasram—a thousand years; anvavalsit—be-
came situated; tam—in the egg; isvarah—the Lord.
TRANSLATION
For over one thousand years the shiny egg lay on the waters of the
Causal Ocean in the lifeless state. Then the Lord entered it as
Garbhodakagayi Vignu.
PURPORT
From this verse it appears that all the universes are floating in the Causal
Ocean.
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tasya nabher abhiit padmami
sahasrarkoru-didhitt
sarva-jivanikdyauko yatra
svayam abhi svarat
tasya—of the Lord; nadbheh—from the navel; abhiit—sprouted up;
padmam-—a lotus; sahasra-arka—a thousand suns; uru—more; didhiti—with
dazzling splendor; sarva—all; jiva-nikaya—resting place of conditioned
souls; okah—place; yatra—where; svayam—himself; abhiit—emanated;
svara{—the omnipotent (Lord Brahma).
TRANSLATION
From the navel of the Personality of Godhead, Garbhodakasayi Visnu,
sprouted a lotus flower effulgent like a thousand blazing suns. This
lotus flower is the reservoir of all conditioned souls, and the first living
entity who came out of the lotus flower was the omnipotent Brahma.
PURPORT
It appears from this verse that the conditioned souls who rested within
the body of the Personality of Godhead after the dissolution of the last
creation came out in the sum total form of the lotus. This is called
hiranyagarbha. The first living entity to come out was Lord Brahma, who
