मैत्रेय उवाच परमेष्ठी त्वपां मध्ये तथा सन्नामवेक्ष्य गाम् । कथमेनां समुन्नेष्य इति दध्यौ धिया चिरम् ॥ १६ ॥
maitreya uvaca paramesthi tv apam madhye tatha sannam aveksya gam katham enam samunnesya iti dadhyau dhiya ciram
- maitreyah uvaca
- Sri Maitreya Muni said
- paramesthi
- Brahma
- tu
- also
- apam
- the water
- madhye
- within
- tatha
- thus
- sannam
- situated
- aveksya
- seeing
- gam
- the earth
- katham
- how
- enam
- this
- samunnesye
- I shall lift
- iti
- thus
- dadhyau
- gave attention
- dhiya
- by intelligence
- ciram
- for a long time.
Sri Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahma gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.