Bharadwaja said-Tell me, O best of Brahmans, how the powerful Brahman, living within Meru, created these various kinds of objects.
भरद्वाज उवाच प्रजाविसर्ग विविध कथं स सृजते प्रभुः। मेरुमध्ये स्थितो ब्रह्मा तद् ब्रूहि द्विजसत्तम॥