# SB 3.8.14 > स पद्मकोशः सहसोदतिष्ठत्कालेन कर्मप्रतिबोधनेन । > स्वरोचिषा तत्सलिलं विशालं विद्योतयन्नर्क इवात्मयोनिः ॥१४॥ ## Text > sa padma-kośaḥ sahasodatiṣṭhat > kālena karma-pratibodhanena > sva-rociṣā tat salilaṁ viśālaṁ > vidyotayann arka ivātma-yoniḥ ## Synonyms *saḥ*—that; *padma-kośaḥ*—bud of a lotus flower; *sahasā*—suddenly; *udatiṣṭhat*—appeared; *kālena*—by time; *karma*—fruitive activities; *pratibodhanena*—awakening; *sva-rociṣā*—by its own effulgence; *tat*—that; *salilam*—water of devastation; *viśālam*—vast; *vidyotayan*—illuminating; *arkaḥ*—the sun; *iva*—like; *ātma-yoniḥ*—generating from the Personality of Viṣṇu. ## Translation **Piercing through, this sum total form of the fruitive activity of the living entities took the shape of the bud of a lotus flower generated from the Personality of Viṣṇu, and by His supreme will it illuminated everything, like the sun, and dried up the vast waters of devastation.**