सृजतो मे क्षितिर्वार्भि:प्लाव्यमाना रसां गता । अथात्र किमनुष्ठेयमस्माभि: सर्गयोजितै: । यस्याहं हृदयादासं स ईशो विदधातु मे ॥ १७ ॥
srjato me ksitir varbhih plavyamana rasam gata athatra kim anustheyam asmabhih sarga-yojitaih yasyaham hrdayad asam sa iso vidadhatu me
- srjatah
- while engaged in creation
- me
- of me
- ksitih
- the earth
- varbhih
- by the water
- plavyamana
- being inundated
- rasam
- depth of water
- gata
- gone down
- atha
- therefore
- atra
- in this matter
- kim
- what
- anustheyam
- is right to be attempted
- asmabhih
- by us
- sarga
- creation
- yojitaih
- engaged in
- yasya
- the one from whose
- aham
- I
- hrdayat
- from the heart
- asam
- born
- sah
- He
- isah
- the Lord
- vidadhatu
- may direct
- me
- unto me
Brahma thought: While I have been engaged in the process of creation, the earth has been inundated by a deluge and has gone down into the depths of the ocean. What can we do who are engaged in this matter of creation? It is best to let the Almighty Lord direct us.