606 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 10

saptavimso’tha vairajo gaurikalpas tathaparah
mahesvaras tatha proktas tripuro yatra ghatitah
pitrkalpas tatha cante yah kuhur brahmanah smrtah

Therefore the thirty kalpas of Brahma are: 1. Svetakalpa, 2. Nilalohita,
3. Vamadeva, 4. Gathantara, 5. Raurava, 6. Prana, 7. Brhatkalpa, 8. Kan-
darpa, 9. Savyotha, 10. Igana, 11. Dhyana, 12. Sdrasvata, 13. Udana,
14. Garuda, 15. Kaurma, 16. Narasimha, 17. Samadhi, 18. Agneya,
19. Visnuja, 20. Saura, 21. Somakalpa, 22. Bhavana, 23. Supuma, 24. Vai-
kuntha, 25. Arcisa, 26. Vallikalpa, 27. Vairaja, 28. Gaurikalpa, 29. Mahe-
svara, 30. Paitrkalpa.

These are Brahma’s days only, and he has to live months and years up
to one hundred, so we can just imagine how many creations there are in
kalpas only. Then again there are vikalpas which are generated by the
breathing of Maha-Visnu, as is stated in the Brahma-samhita (yasyaika-
nisvasita-kalam athavalambya jivanti lomavilaja jagadanda-nathah). ‘The
Brahmas live only during the breathing period of Maha-Visnu. So the ex-
haling and inhaling of Visnu are mahakalpas, and all these are due to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, for no one else is the master of all
creations.

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parimanam ca kalasya
kalpa-laksana-vigraham

yatha purastad vyakhyasye
padmam kalpam atho srnu

parimanam—measurement; ca—also; kalasya—of time; kalpa—day of
Brahma; laksana—symptoms; vigraham—form; yatha—as much as; purastat
—hereafter; vyakhyasye—shall be explained; padmam—by the name Padma;
kalpam—duration of day; atho—thus; srnu—just hear.

TRANSLATION

O King, I shall in due course explain the measurement of time in its
gross and subtle features with specific symptoms of each of them, but for
the present let me explain unto you the Padma-kalpa.
