दृष्ट्वा पापीयसीं सृष्टिं नात्मानं बह्वमन्यत । भगवद्ध्यानपूतेन मनसान्यां ततोऽसृजत् ॥ ३ ॥
drstva papiyasim srstim natmanam bahv amanyata bhagavad-dhyana-putena manasanyam tato ’srjat
- drstva
- by seeing
- papiyasim
- sinful
- srstim
- creation
- na
- did not
- atmanam
- unto Himself
- bahu
- much pleasure
- amanyata
- felt
- bhagavat
- on the Personality of Godhead
- dhyana
- meditation
- putena
- purified by that
- manasa
- by such a mentality
- anyam
- another
- tatah
- thereafter
- asrjat
- created.
Seeing such a misleading creation as a sinful task, Brahma did not feel much pleasure in his activity, and therefore he purified himself by meditation on the Personality of Godhead. Then he began another term of creation.