Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Brahma-samhita 5.18

sisrksayam tato nabhes

tasya padmam viniryayau

tan-nalam hema-nalinam

brahmano lokam adbhutam

SYNONYMS

sisrksayam -- when there was the will to create; tatah -- then; nabheh -- from the navel; tasya -- of Him; padmam -- a lotus; viniryayau -- came out; tat-nalam -- its stem; hema-nalinam -- like a golden lotus; brahmanah -- of Brahma; lokam -- the abode; adbhutam -- wonderful.

TRANSLATION

When Visnu lying in the ocean of milk wills to create this universe, a golden lotus springs from His navel-pit. The golden lotus with its stem is the abode of Brahma representing Brahmaloka or Satyaloka.

PURPORT

"Gold" here means the dim reflection of pure cognition.

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