तस्माद्युगान्तश्वसनावघूर्ण- जलोर्मिचक्रात्सलिलाद्विरूढम् । उपाश्रित: कञ्जमु लोकतत्त्वं नात्मानमद्धाविददादिदेव: ॥ १७ ॥
tasmad yuganta-svasanavaghurna- jalormi-cakrat salilad virudham upasritah kanjam u loka-tattvam natmanam addhavidad adi-devah
- tasmat
- from there
- yuga-anta
- at the end of the millennium
- svasana
- the air of devastation
- avaghurna
- because of movement
- jala
- water
- urmi-cakrat
- out of the circle of waves
- salilat
- from the water
- virudham
- situated on them
- upasritah
- having the shelter of
- kanjam
- lotus flower
- u
- in astonishment
- loka-tattvam
- the mystery of creation
- na
- not
- atmanam
- himself
- addha
- perfectly
- avidat
- could understand
- adi-devah
- the first demigod
Lord Brahma, situated in that lotus, could not perfectly understand the creation, the lotus or himself. At the end of the millennium the air of devastation began to move the water and the lotus in great circular waves.