SB 3.13.16

Devanāgarī

मैत्रेय उवाच परमेष्ठी त्वपां मध्ये तथा सन्नामवेक्ष्य गाम् । कथमेनां समुन्नेष्य इति दध्यौ धिया चिरम् ॥ १६ ॥

Text

maitreya uvāca parameṣṭhī tv apāṁ madhye tathā sannām avekṣya gām katham enāṁ samunneṣya iti dadhyau dhiyā ciram

Synonyms

maitreyaḥuvāca—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 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