mṛṇāla - lotus flower; gaura - white all over; āyata - gigantic; śeṣa-bhoga - body of Śeṣa-nāga; paryaṅke - on the bed; ekam - alone; puruṣam - the Supreme Person; śayānam - was lying; phaṇa-ātapatra - umbrella of a serpent hood; āyuta - bedecked with; mūrdha - head; ratna - jewels; dyubhiḥ - by the rays; hata-dhvānta - darkness dissipated; yuga-anta - devastation; toye - in the water.

Brahmā could see that on the water there was a gigantic lotuslike white bedstead, the body of Śeṣa-nāga, on which the Personality of Godhead was lying alone. The whole atmosphere was illuminated by the rays of the jewels bedecking the hood of Śeṣa-nāga, and that illumination dissipated all the darkness of those regions.