Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.24.11

so 'sṛjat tapasā yukto

rajasā mad-anugrahāt

lokān sa-pālān viśvātmā

bhūr bhuvaḥ svar iti tridhā

SYNONYMS

saḥ — he, Brahmā; asṛjat — created; tapasā — by his austerity; yuktaḥ — endowed; rajasā — with the potency of the mode of passion; mat — My; anugrahāt — because of the mercy; lokān — the different planets; sa-pālān — along with their presiding demigods; viśva — of the universe; ātmā — the soul; bhūḥ bhuvaḥ svaḥ iti — called Bhūr, Bhuvar and Svar; tridhā — three divisions.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahmā, the soul of the universe, being endowed with the mode of passion, performed great austerities by My mercy and thus created the three planetary divisions, called Bhūr, Bhuvar and Svar, along with their presiding deities.

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