Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2532

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13) Brahmā and Haindavas. At the end of the day of Brahmā there was the great flood, and destroying all the heavens, Brahmā went to sleep. He woke up next morning and after the usual morning ablutions, prepared for creation. He looked around at the sky, and saw some heavens still engaged in usual activities. He was amazed at this unusual occurrence. Ten Brahmās and the countless devas (gods) under them were doing their routine work. Brahmā stared at the worlds for a long time thinking “How is it”. Then he by his divine power caused one of the suns, working in a heaven, to come to him, and asked him. “Who are you, shining one? How have these worlds come into existence?”