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ŚB 9.1.9

Devanagari

तस्य नाभे: समभवत् पद्मकोषो हिरण्मय: ।
तस्मिञ्जज्ञे महाराज स्वयम्भूश्चतुरानन: ॥ ९ ॥

Text

tasya nābheḥ samabhavat
padma-koṣo hiraṇmayaḥ
tasmiñ jajñe mahārāja
svayambhūś catur-ānanaḥ

Synonyms

tasya — of Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); nābheḥ — from the navel; samabhavat — generated; padma-koṣaḥ — a lotus; hiraṇmayaḥ — known as Hiraṇmaya, or golden; tasmin — on that golden lotus; jajñe — appeared; mahārāja — O King; svayambhūḥ — one who is self-manifested, who takes birth without a mother; catuḥ-ānanaḥ — with four heads.

Translation

O King Parīkṣit, from the navel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead was generated a golden lotus, on which the four-faced Lord Brahmā took his birth.