434 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 11

TEXT 36

TT AA HMI F TTA AYA |
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tasyaiva cante kalpo’bhud
yam padmam abhicaksate
yad dharer nabhi-sarasa
asil loka-saro-ruham

tasya—of the Brahma-kalpa; eva—certainly ; ca—also; ante—at the end of;
kalpah—millennium; abhut—came into existence; yam—which; padmam—
Padma; abhicaksate—is called; yat—in which; hareh—of the Personality of
Godhead; nabhi—in the navel; sarasah—from the reservoir of water; dsil—
there was; loka—of the universe; saras-ruham —lotus.

TRANSLATION

The millennium which followed the first Brahma millennium is known
as the Padma-kalpa because in that millennium the universal lotus flower
grew out of the navel reservoir of water of the Personality of Godhead
Hari.

PURPORT

The millennium following the Brahma-kalpa is known as the Padma-
kalpa because the universal lotus grows in that millennium. The Padma-
kalpa is also called the Pitr-kalpa in certain Puranas.

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ayam tu kathitah kalpo
dvitiyasyapi bharata

varaha iti vikhyato
yatrasic chukaro harih

ayam—this; tw—but; kathitah—known as; kalpah—the current millenni-
um; dvitiyasya—of the second half; api—certainly; bharata—O descendent
