साग्रं वै वर्षसाहस्रमन्ववात्सीत्तमीश्वरः ॥१५॥
so 'Å›ayiá¹£á¹Äbdhi-salile
Äṇá¸akoÅ›o nirÄtmakaḥ
sÄgraá¹ vai vará¹£a-sÄhasram
anvavÄtsÄ«t tam Ä«Å›varaḥ
saḥ - it; aÅ›ayiá¹£á¹a - lay; abdhi-salile - on the waters of the Causal Ocean; Äṇá¸a-koÅ›aḥ - egg; nirÄtmakaḥ - in an unconscious state; sÄgram - a little more than; vai - in fact; vará¹£a-sÄhasram - a thousand years; anvavÄtsÄ«t - became situated; tam - in the egg; Ä«Å›varaḥ - the Lord.
For over one thousand years the shiny egg lay on the waters of the Causal Ocean in the lifeless state. Then the Lord entered it as GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu.
From this verse it appears that all the universes are floating in the Causal Ocean.
