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

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

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.