SB 12.4.5

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

SB 12.4.4

SB 12.4.6

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 5

dvi-parārdhe tv atikrānte
brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
tadā prakṛtayaḥ sapta
kalpante pralayāya vai

SYNONYMS

dvi-parārdhe—two parārdhas; tu-and; atikrānte—when they have become completed; brahmaṇaḥ—of Lord Brahmā; parame-sthinaḥ—the most highly situated living entity; tadā—then; prakṛtayaḥ—the elements of nature; sapta—seven; kalpante—are subject; pralayāya—to destruction; vai—indeed.

TRANSLATION

When the two halves of the lifetime of Lord Brahmā, the most elevated created being, are complete, the seven basic elements of creation are annihilated.