Verse 8

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In plain words

The poet, to the Lord: You are the First, ruler of the gods who are first as creators within the cosmos, and of the foremost eternal attendants [nityasūris] beyond it [in Paramapadam]. You decree the end-time of the dwellers of the upper worlds [Brahmā and the rest], creators though they are. O ruler of that first time [of the deluge], who can see you?