Verse 26

²⁶Having said this much, that great being fell silent, the Lord who is marked by the sky and yet bears no mark at all; and I, on whom compassion had been shown, bowed my head to him who is greatest among the great. ²⁷With shame set aside, reciting the hidden and auspicious names of the Endless and calling his deeds to mind, I wandered the earth with a contented mind, free of craving, free of pride and of envy, waiting for my time. ²⁸Brahmana, while my mind was thus on Krsna, unattached and clean of self, my time appeared in its season, like lightning out of a cloud. ²⁹As that pure body belonging to the Lord was being joined to me, the body made of the five elements fell away, the work it had begun being spent.

³⁰At the age's end, when he had gathered this in and lay on the water of the ocean, wishing to sleep, I entered within the mighty one along his breath. ³¹At the close of a thousand ages, when he rose again wishing to send this forth, the sages with Marici among them, and I with them, were born from his breaths.