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TEXT 36
tasyaiva cante kalpo bhud
yam padmam abhicaksate
yad dharer nabhi-sarasa
asil loka-saroruham
SYNONYMS
tasyaof the Brahma-kalpa; evacertainly; caalso; anteat the end of; kalpahmillennium; abhutcame into existence; yamwhich; padmamPadma; abhicaksateis called; yatin which; harehof the Personality of Godhead; nabhiin the navel; sarasahfrom the reservoir of water; asitthere was; lokaof the universe; saroruhamlotus.
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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