Shloka 10
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
Sanskrit
तस्योपरि जलौघस्य महती नैरिव स्थिताः ।
विततत्वात्तु देहस्य न मही याति सम्प्लवम् ॥
Transliteration
tasyopari jalaughasya mahatī nairiva sthitā /
vitatatvāt tu dehasya na mahī yāti saṃplavam
Translation
وفوق تلك الكتلة من المياه قامت الأرض العظيمة كأن لها سندًا؛ ولأن جسده كان ممتدًّا على سعةٍ عظيمة لم تغُصِ الأرضُ في الطوفان.
Speakers
Narrative voice within cosmological account
Primary Deities
Vishnu (cosmic support)
Key ThemesCosmologyDivine support (dhāraṇa)Order over chaosPratisarga