तस्यां स चाम्भोरुहकर्णिकाया- मवस्थितो लोकमपश्यमान: । परिक्रमन् व्योम्नि विवृत्तनेत्र- श्चत्वारि लेभेऽनुदिशं मुखानि ॥ १६ ॥
tasyam sa cambho-ruha-karnikayam avasthito lokam apasyamanah parikraman vyomni vivrtta-netras catvari lebhe ’nudisam mukhani
- tasyam
- in that
- sah
- Brahma
- ca
- and
- ambhah
- water
- ruha-karnikayam
- whorl of the lotus
- avasthitah
- being situated
- lokam
- the world
- apasyamanah
- without being able to see
- parikraman
- circumambulating
- vyomni
- in space
- vivrtta-netrah
- while moving the eyes
- catvari
- four
- lebhe
- achieved
- anudisam
- in terms of direction
- mukhani
- heads.
Brahma, born out of the lotus flower, could not see the world, although he was situated in the whorl. He therefore circumambulated all of space, and while moving his eyes in all directions he achieved four heads in terms of the four directions.