दिव्यं सहस्राब्दममोघदर्शनो जितानिलात्मा विजितोभयेन्द्रिय: । अतप्यत स्माखिललोकतापनं तपस्तपीयांस्तपतां समाहित: ॥ ८ ॥
divyam sahasrabdam amogha-darsano jitanilatma vijitobhayendriyah atapyata smakhila-loka-tapanam tapas tapiyams tapatam samahitah
- divyam
- pertaining to the demigods in the higher planets
- sahasra
- one thousand
- abdam
- years
- amogha
- spotless, without a tinge of impurity
- darsanah
- one who has such a vision of life
- jita
- controlled
- anila
- life
- atma
- mind
- vijita
- controlled over
- ubhaya
- both
- indriyah
- one who has such senses
- atapyata
- executed penance
- sma
- in the past
- akhila
- all
- loka
- planet
- tapanam
- enlightening
- tapah
- penance
- tapiyan
- extremely hard penance
- tapatam
- of all the executors of penances
- samahitah
- thus situated
Lord Brahma underwent penances for one thousand years by the calculations of the demigods. He heard this transcendental vibration from the sky, and he accepted it as divine. Thus he controlled his mind and senses, and the penances he executed were a great lesson for the living entities. Thus he is known as the greatest of all ascetics.