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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.13.16
maitreya uvāca
SYNONYMS
maitreyah uvāca — Śrī Maitreya Muni said; parameshthī — Brahmā; tu — also; apām — the water; madhye — within; tathā — thus; sannām — situated; avekshya — seeing; gām — the earth; katham — how; enām — this; samunneshye — I shall 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 Cākshusha millennium will also be discussed in this chapter.
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