श्रीशुक उवाच एवं पुरा धारणयात्मयोनि- र्नष्टां स्मृतिं प्रत्यवरुध्य तुष्टात् । तथा ससर्जेदममोघदृष्टि- र्यथाप्ययात् प्राग् व्यवसायबुद्धि: ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca evam pura dharanayatma-yonir nastam smrtim pratyavarudhya tustat tatha sasarjedam amogha-drstir yathapyayat prag vyavasaya-buddhih
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- just in the same way
- pura
- prior to the manifestation of the cosmos
- dharanaya
- by such a conception
- atma-yonih
- of Brahmaji
- nastam
- lost
- smrtim
- remembrance
- pratyavarudhya
- by regaining consciousness
- tustat
- because of appeasing the Lord
- tatha
- thereafter
- sasarja
- created
- idam
- this material world
- amogha-drstih
- one who has attained clear vision
- yatha
- as
- apyayat
- created
- prak
- as formerly
- vyavasaya
- ascertained
- buddhih
- intelligence
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Formerly, prior to the manifestation of the cosmos, Lord Brahma, by meditating on the virat-rupa, regained his lost consciousness by appeasing the Lord. Thus he was able to rebuild the creation as it was before.