Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णो ह्यतीन्द्रियः / ब्रह्म नारायणाख्यस्तु सुष्वाप सलिले तदा
sahasraśīrṣā puruṣo rukmavarṇo hyatīndriyaḥ / brahma nārāyaṇākhyastu suṣvāpa salile tadā
That thousand-headed Puruṣa, golden-hued and beyond the senses—Brahmā known as Nārāyaṇa—then lay asleep upon the waters.