SB 2.10.47

TEXT 47

TEXT

परिमाणं च कालस्य कल्पलक्षणविग्रहम् ।
यथा पुरस्ताद्व्याख्यास्ये पाद्मं कल्पमथो शृणु ॥ ४७ ॥

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.

PURPORT

The present duration of a kalpa of Brahma is called Varaha-kalpa or Svetavaraha-kalpa because the incarnation of the Lord as Varaha took place during the creation of Brahma, who was born on the lotus coming out of the abdomen of Visnu. Therefore this Varaha-kalpa is also called Padma-kalpa, and this is testified by acaryas like Jiva Gosvami as well as Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur in pursuance of the first commentator, Svami Sridhara. So there is no contradiction between the Varaha and the Padma-kalpa of Brahma.