मैत्रेय उवाच परमेष्ठी त्वपां मध्ये तथा सन्नामवेक्ष्य गाम् कथमेनां समुन्नेष्य इति दध्यौ धिया चिरम्
maitreya uvāca parameṣṭhī tv apāṁ madhye tathā sannām avekṣya gām katham enāṁ samunneṣya iti dadhyau dhiyā ciram
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ uvāca—Śrī Maitreya Muni said; parameṣṭhī—Brahmā; tu—also; apām—the water; madhye—within; tathā—thus; sannām—situated; avekṣya—seeing; gām—the earth; katham—how; enām—this; samunneṣye—I will lift; iti—thus; dadhyau—gave attention; dhiyā—by intelligence; ciram—for a long time..
Translation
Śrī Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahmā gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.
Purport
According to Jīva Gosvāmī, the topics delineated here are of different millenniums. The present topics are of the Śveta-varāha millennium, and topics regarding the Cākṣuṣa millennium will also be discussed in this chapter.