brahmÄ tad-upadhÄryÄtha
saha devais tayÄ saha
jagÄma sa-tri-nayanas
tīraṠkṣīra-payo-nidheḥ

 brahmÄ - Lord BrahmÄ; tat-upadhÄrya - understanding everything rightly; atha - thereafter; saha - with; devaiḥ - the demigods; tayÄ saha - with mother earth; jagÄma - approached; sa-tri-nayanaḥ - with Lord Åšiva, who has three eyes; tÄ«ram - the shore; kṣīra-payaḥ-nidheḥ - of the ocean of milk.


Text

Thereafter, having heard of the distress of mother earth, Lord BrahmÄ, with mother earth, Lord Åšiva and all the other demigods, approached the shore of the Ocean of Milk.

Purport

After Lord BrahmÄ understood the precarious condition of the earth, he first visited the demigods headed by Lord Indra, who are in charge of the various affairs of this universe, and Lord Åšiva, who is responsible for annihilation. Both maintenance and annihilation go on perpetually, under the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As stated in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.8), paritrÄṇÄya sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹ vinÄÅ›Äya ca duá¹£ká¹›tÄm. Those who are obedient to the laws of God are protected by different servants and demigods, whereas those who are undesirable are vanquished by Lord Åšiva. Lord BrahmÄ first met all the demigods, including Lord Åšiva. Then, along with mother earth, they went to the shore of the Ocean of Milk, where Lord Viṣṇu lies on a white island, ÅšvetadvÄ«pa.