SB 12.4.2

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 4: The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation

SB 12.4.1 - SB 12.4.3

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 2

catur-yuga-sahasraṁ tu

brahmaṇo dinam ucyate

sa kalpo yatra manavaś

caturdaśa viśām-pate

SYNONYMS

catuḥ-yuga—four ages; sahasram—one thousand; tu—indeed; brahmaṇaḥ—of Lord Brahmā; dinam—the day; ucyate—is said; saḥ—that; kalpaḥ—a kalpa; yatra—in which; manavaḥ—original progenitors of mankind; caturdaśa—fourteen; viśām-pate—O King.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

One thousand cycles of four ages constitute a single day of Brahmā, known as a kalpa. In that period, O King, fourteen Manus come and go.

SB 12.4.1 - SB 12.4.3