# SB 3.13.16 > मैत्रेय उवाच > परमेष्ठी त्वपां मध्ये तथा सन्नामवेक्ष्य गाम् । > कथमेनां समुन्नेष्य इति दध्यौ धिया चिरम् ॥१६॥ ## Text > maitreya uvāca > parameṣṭhī tv apāṁ madhye > tathā sannām avekṣya gām > katham enāṁ samunneṣya > iti dadhyau dhiyā ciram ## Synonyms *maitreyaḥ uvāca*—Śrī Maitreya Muni said; *parameṣṭhī*—Brahmā; *tu*—also; *apām*—the water; *madhye*—within; *tathā*—thus; *sannām*—situated; *avekṣya*—seeing; *gām*—the earth; *katham*—how; *enām*—this; *samunneṣye*—I shall lift; *iti*—thus; *dadhyau*—gave attention; *dhiyā*—by intelligence; *ciram*—for a long time. ## Translation **Śrī Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahmā gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.** ## Purport According to Jīva Gosvāmī, the topics delineated here are of different millenniums. The present topics are of the Śveta-varāha millennium, and topics regarding the Cākṣuṣa millennium will also be discussed in this chapter.