Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Brahma-saḿhitā 5.18

sisṛkṣāyāḿ tato nābhes

tasya padmaḿ viniryayau

tan-nālaḿ hema-nalinaḿ

brahmaṇo lokam adbhutam

SYNONYMS

sisṛkṣāyām — when there was the will to create; tataḥ — then; nābheḥ — from the navel; tasya — of Him; padmam — a lotus; viniryayau — came out; tat-nālam — its stem; hema-nalīnam — like a golden lotus; brahmaṇaḥ — of Brahmā; lokam — the abode; adbhutam — wonderful.

TRANSLATION

When Viṣṇu 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 Brahmā representing Brahmaloka or Satyaloka.

PURPORT

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

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