tamāla - a blue tree named the tamāla; nīlam - bluish; sita - white; danta - tusks; koṭyā - with the curved edge; kṣmām - the earth; utkṣipantam - while suspending; gaja-līlayā - playing like an elephant; aṅga - O Vidura; prajñāya - after knowing it well; baddha - folded; añjalayaḥ - hands; anuvākaiḥ - by Vedic hymns; viriñci - Brahmā; mukhyāḥ - headed by; upatasthuḥ - offered prayers; īśam - unto the Supreme Lord.

Then the Lord, playing like an elephant, suspended the earth on the edge of His curved white tusks. He assumed a bluish complexion like that of a tamāla tree, and thus the sages, headed by Brahmā, could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.