पुरा स्वयम्भूरपि संयमाम्भ- स्युदीर्णवातोर्मिरवै: कराले । एकोऽरविन्दात् पतितस्ततार तस्माद् भयाद्येन स नोऽस्तु पार: ॥ २४ ॥
pura svayambhur api samyamambhasy udirna-vatormi-ravaih karale eko ’ravindat patitas tatara tasmad bhayad yena sa no ’stu parah
- pura
- formerly (during the time of creation)
- svayambhuh
- Lord Brahma
- api
- also
- samyama-ambhasi
- in the water of inundation
- udirna
- very high
- vata
- of wind
- urmi
- and of waves
- ravaih
- by the sounds
- karale
- very fearful
- ekah
- alone
- aravindat
- from the lotus seat
- patitah
- almost fallen
- tatara
- escaped
- tasmat
- from that
- bhayat
- fearful situation
- yena
- by whom (the Lord)
- sah
- He
- nah
- of us
- astu
- let there be
- parah
- deliverance
In the beginning of creation, a tremendous wind caused fierce waves of inundating water. The great waves made such a horrible sound that Lord Brahma almost fell from his seat on the lotus into the water of devastation, but he was saved with the help of the Lord. Thus we also expect the Lord to protect us from this dangerous condition.