स गामुदस्तात्सलिलस्य गोचरे विन्यस्य तस्यामदधात्स्वसत्त्वम् । अभिष्टुतो विश्वसृजा प्रसूनै- रापूर्यमाणो विबुधै: पश्यतोऽरे: ॥ ८ ॥
sa gam udastat salilasya gocare vinyasya tasyam adadhat sva-sattvam abhistuto visva-srja prasunair apuryamano vibudhaih pasyato ’reh
- sah
- the Lord
- gam
- the earth
- udastat
- on the surface
- salilasya
- of the water
- gocare
- within His sight
- vinyasya
- having placed
- tasyam
- to the earth
- adadhat
- He invested
- sva
- His own
- sattvam
- existence
- abhistutah
- praised
- visva-srja
- by Brahma (the creator of the universe)
- prasunaih
- by flowers
- apuryamanah
- becoming satisfied
- vibudhaih
- by the demigods
- pasyatah
- while looking on
- areh
- the enemy.
The Lord placed the earth within His sight on the surface of the water and transferred to her His own energy in the form of the ability to float on the water. While the enemy stood looking on, Brahma, the creator of the universe, extolled the Lord, and the other demigods rained flowers on Him.