SB 9.1.9

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ninth Canto, Chapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

SB 9.1.8

SB 9.1.10

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 9

tasya nābheḥ samabhavat
padma-koṣo hiraṇmayaḥ
tasmiñ jajñe mahārāja
svayambhūś catur-ānanaḥ

SYNONYMS

tasya—of Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); nābheḥ—from the navel; samabhavat—generated; padma-koṣaḥ—a lotus; hiraṇmayaḥ—known as Hiraṇmaya, or golden; tasmin—on that golden lotus; jajñe—appeared; mahārāja—O King; svayambhūḥ—one who is self-manifested, who takes birth without a mother; catuḥ-ānanaḥ—with four heads.

TRANSLATION

O King Parīkṣit, from the navel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead was generated a golden lotus, on which the four-faced Lord Brahmā took his birth.