434 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 11
TEXT 36
TAT Wea HUNT F TTA AYA |
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Tacahraa | ate THATICRT 1124
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.
TEXT 37
od q afaa: Het fadraeatht a |
are fe Fearn saree ae: 112011
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
