one exhalation opens into
countless universes, each its own Brahmā
Life of Brahmā
one of countless
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Exhalation (Sṛṣṭi)
सृष्टिSṛṣṭi · the out-breath
311.04 trillion years
composed of
countless universes, each its own Brahmā
Mahā-Viṣṇu breathes out. From the pores of his body stream numberless universes — each a golden egg (brahmāṇḍa) with its own Brahmā, ripening through this single out-breath.
— Brahma-saṁhitā 5.48