Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 03, Chapter 13, Text 16

SB 3.13.16

maitreya uvaca
paramesthi tv apam madhye
 tatha sannam aveksya gam
katham enam samunnesya
 iti dadhyau dhiya ciram
 
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 
 
Sri Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahma gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.
 
Purport by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 
 
According to Jiva Gosvami, the topics delineated here are of different millenniums. The present topics are of the Sveta-varaha millennium, and topics regarding the Caksusa millennium will also be discussed in this chapter.
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