athÄbhipretam anvÄ«ká¹£ya
brahmaṇo madhusūdanaḥ
viṣaṇṇa-cetasaṠtena
kalpa-vyatikarÄmbhasÄ
loka-saá¹sthÄna-vijñÄna
Ätmanaḥ parikhidyataḥ
tam ÄhÄgÄdhayÄ vÄcÄ
kaśmalaṠśamayann iva
atha - thereupon; abhipretam - intention; anvÄ«ká¹£ya - observing; brahmaṇaḥ - of BrahmÄ; madhusÅ«danaḥ - the killer of the Madhu demon; viá¹£aṇṇa - depressed; cetasam - of the heart; tena - by him; kalpa - millennium; vyatikara-ambhasÄ - devastating water; loka-saá¹sthÄna - situation of the planetary system; vijñÄne - in the science; Ätmanaḥ - of himself; parikhidyataḥ - sufficiently anxious; tam - unto him; Äha - said; agÄdhayÄ - deeply thoughtful; vÄcÄ - by words; kaÅ›malam - impurities; Å›amayan - removing; iva - like that.
The devastating water was so fearful that even BrahmÄ was perturbed at its appearance and became very anxious about how to situate the different planetary systems in outer space to accommodate the different kinds of living entities, such as the human beings, those lower than the human beings, and the superhuman beings. All the planets in the universe are situated according to the different grades of living entities under the influence of the modes of material nature. There are three modes of material nature, and when they are mixed with one another they become nine. When the nine are mixed they become eighty-one, and the eighty-one also become mixed, and thus we ultimately do not know how the delusion increases and increases. Lord BrahmÄ had to accommodate different places and situations for the requisite bodies of the conditioned souls. The task was meant only for BrahmÄ, and no one in the universe can even understand how difficult it was. But by the grace of the Lord, BrahmÄ was able to execute the tremendous task so perfectly that everyone is amazed to see the workmanship of the vidhÄtÄ, or the regulator.