मृणालगौरायतशेषभोग- पर्यङ्क एकं पुरुषं शयानम् । फणातपत्रायुतमूर्धरत्न- द्युभिर्हतध्वान्तयुगान्ततोये ॥ २३ ॥
mrnala-gaurayata-sesa-bhoga- paryanka ekam purusam sayanam phanatapatrayuta-murdha-ratna- dyubhir hata-dhvanta-yuganta-toye
- mrnala
- lotus flower
- gaura
- white all over
- ayata
- gigantic
- sesa-bhoga
- body of Sesa-naga
- paryanke
- on the bed
- ekam
- alone
- purusam
- the Supreme Person
- sayanam
- was lying
- phana-atapatra
- umbrella of a serpent hood
- ayuta
- bedecked with
- murdha
- head
- ratna
- jewels
- dyubhih
- by the rays
- hata-dhvanta
- darkness dissipated
- yuga-anta
- devastation
- toye
- in the water.
Brahma could see that on the water there was a gigantic lotuslike white bedstead, the body of Sesa-naga, on which the Personality of Godhead was lying alone. The whole atmosphere was illuminated by the rays of the jewels bedecking the hood of Sesa-naga, and that illumination dissipated all the darkness of those regions.