SB 3.8.14

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 8: Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu

SB 3.8.13 - SB 3.8.15

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 14

sa padma-kośaḥ sahasodatiṣṭhat

kālena karma-pratibodhanena

sva-rociṣā tat salilaṁ viśālaṁ

vidyotayann arka ivātma-yoniḥ

SYNONYMS

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.

SB 3.8.13 - SB 3.8.15