Cosmology - Verse 4-5

In the Puranas this earth is considered to be the wonSo I shall briefly describe this earth. Please listen. G. The great Narayaria who pervades ail o.-'r * who is atomic, unknowable, pure and whose ultimate ior, be known by Supreme knowledge alone, who is lUuiu.,. broadchested, wearing yellow garment and holding the ea and who is spoken ol as beyond the three qualities Sauva5 RS'. J, and Tamas, and as neither long nor short, neither big nor snia..;. etc., and who is of the nature of pure knowledge, created water Having created that, the primordial man Narayana, who pervades the entire world, and is of the nature of all gods, sacriikvb and water, produced from his navel a lotus during his yogic slumber. In it arose the creator Brahma, the great god, the r;: pository of the Vedas. He produced the repositories of knowledge like Sanaka, Sananda, Sanatana and Sanatkumara, and the:.; Svayambhuva Manu and those from Marlci to Daksa, Fto. h;, Svayambhuva Manu created by the lord, further creation began to proceed. He had two sons, Priyavrata and Uttanapada.