CC Madhya 20.288
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20, Text 288
সেই পদ্মনালে হইল চৌদ্দ ভুবন ।
তেঁহো ‘ব্রহ্মা’ হঞা সৃষ্টি করিল সৃজন ॥ ২৮৮ ॥
তেঁহো ‘ব্রহ্মা’ হঞা সৃষ্টি করিল সৃজন ॥ ২৮৮ ॥
sei padma-nāle ha-ila caudda bhuvana
teṅho ‘brahmā’ hañā sṛṣṭi karila sṛjana
teṅho ‘brahmā’ hañā sṛṣṭi karila sṛjana
Word by word
sei padma-nāle — within the stem of that lotus; ha-ila — was manifested; caudda — fourteen; bhuvana — planetary systems; teṅho — He; brahmā — Lord Brahmā; hañā — having become; sṛṣṭi — the material creation; karila sṛjana — created.
Translation
“In the stem of that lotus flower, the fourteen worlds were generated. Then He became Lord Brahmā and manifested the entire universe.”