तस्य नाभेरभूत्पद्मं सहस्रार्कोरुदीधिति । सर्वजीवनिकायौको यत्र स्वयमभूत्स्वराट् ॥ १६ ॥
tasya nabher abhut padmam sahasrarkoru-didhiti sarva-jivanikayauko yatra svayam abhut svarat
- tasya
- of the Lord
- nabheh
- from the navel
- abhut
- sprouted up
- padmam
- a lotus
- sahasra-arka
- a thousand suns
- uru
- more
- didhiti
- with dazzling splendor
- sarva
- all
- jiva-nikaya
- resting place of conditioned souls
- okah
- place
- yatra
- where
- svayam
- himself
- abhut
- emanated
- sva-rat
- the omnipotent (Lord Brahma).
From the navel of the Personality of Godhead Garbhodakasayi Visnu sprouted a lotus flower effulgent like a thousand blazing suns. This lotus flower is the reservoir of all conditioned souls, and the first living entity who came out of the lotus flower was the omnipotent Brahma