CC Ādi 5.103

Adi-līlā, Chapter 5, Text 103

সেই পদ্মনালে হৈল চৌদ্দভুবন ।
তেঁহো ব্রহ্মা হঞা সৃষ্টি করিল সৃজন ॥ ১০৩ ॥

sei padma-nāle haila caudda-bhuvana
teṅho brahmā hañā sṛṣṭi karila sṛjana

Word by word

sei padma-nāle — within the stem of that lotus flower; haila — were; caudda-bhuvana — the fourteen worlds; teṅho — He Himself; brahmā hañā — appearing as Brahmā; sṛṣṭi — the creation; karila sṛjana — created.

Translation

Within the stem of that lotus were the fourteen worlds. Thus the Supreme Lord, as Brahmā, created the entire creation.