ततोऽर्वाक्प्रतिलब्धाक्ष: क: परेतवदुत्थित: । कृच्छ्रादुन्मील्य वै दृष्टीराचष्टेदं सहात्मना ॥ ५८ ॥
tato ’rvāk pratilabdhākṣaḥ kaḥ paretavad utthitaḥ kṛcchrād unmīlya vai dṛṣṭīr ācaṣṭedaṁ sahātmanā
- tataḥ
- then
- arvāk
- externally
- pratilabdha-akṣaḥ
- having revived his consciousness
- kaḥ
- Lord Brahmā
- pareta-vat
- just like a dead man
- utthitaḥ
- stood up
- kṛcchrāt
- with great difficulty
- unmīlya
- opening up
- vai
- indeed
- dṛṣṭīḥ
- his eyes
- ācaṣṭa
- he saw
- idam
- this universe
- saha-ātmanā
- along with himself
Lord Brahmā’s external consciousness then revived, and he stood up, just like a dead man coming back to life. Opening his eyes with great difficulty, he saw the universe, along with himself.