Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 9 - Verse 34
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: तत्सम्भव: कविरतोऽन्यदपश्यमान-स्त्वां बीजमात्मनि ततं स बहिर्विचिन्त्य ।नाविन्ददब्दशतमप्सु निमज्जमानोजातेऽङ्कुरे कथमुहोपलभेत बीजम् ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: tat-sambhavaḥ kavir ato ’nyad apaśyamānastvāṁ bījam ātmani tataṁ sa bahir vicintyanāvindad abda-śatam apsu nimajjamānojāte ’ṅkure katham uhopalabheta bījam Translation: From that great lotus flower, Brahmā was generated, but Brahmā certainly could see nothing but the lotus. Therefore, thinking You to be outside, Lord Brahmā dove into the water and attempted to find the source of the lotus for one hundred years....