SB 12.4.1
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 1
- śrī-śuka uvāca
- kālas te paramāṇv-ādir
- dvi-parārdhāvadhir nṛpa
- kathito yuga-mānaṁ ca
- śṛṇu kalpa-layāv api
SYNONYMS
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; kālaḥ—time; te—to you; parama-aṇu—(the smallest fraction of time measured in terms of) the indivisible atom; ādiḥ—beginning with; dvi-para-ardha—the two halves of Brahmā's total life span; avadhiḥ—culminating in; nṛpa—O King Parīkṣit; kathitaḥ—has been described; yuga-mānam—the duration of the millennia; ca—and; śṛṇu—now hear; kalpa—Brahmā's day; layau—annihilation; api—also.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, I have already described to you the measurements of time, beginning from the smallest fraction measured by the movement of a single atom up to the total life span of Lord Brahmā. I have also discussed the measurement of the different millennia of universal history. Now hear about the time of Brahmā's day and the process of annihilation.