Shloka 10
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
तस्योपरि जलौघस्य महती नैरिव स्थिताः ।
विततत्वात्तु देहस्य न मही याति सम्प्लवम् ॥
tasyopari jalaughasya mahatī nairiva sthitā /
vitatatvāt tu dehasya na mahī yāti saṃplavam
Über jener Wassermasse stand die große Erde, als hätte sie eine Stütze; weil sein Leib weithin ausgebreitet war, sank die Erde nicht in die Flut.
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FAQs
Stability of the world is attributed to a sustaining principle beyond the elements; the image teaches dependence of the manifest (earth) upon the transcendent-immanent support (the divine body/order).
Sarga/Pratisarga: cosmographic stabilization—Earth is established so further differentiation (mountains, continents, lokas) can proceed.
‘Vast body’ can be read as the all-pervading field of consciousness/order that prevents the mind-world from being overwhelmed by the ‘waters’ of undifferentiated potential.