SB 3.11.36

TEXT 36

TEXT

तस्यैव चान्ते कल्पो ऽभूद् यं पाद्ममभिचक्षते ।
यद्धरेर्नाभिसरस आसील्लोकसरोरुहम् ॥ ३६ ॥

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; asit-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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