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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)
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Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration
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SB 12.4: The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation
SB 12.4.2
catur-yuga-sahasraṁ tu
brahmaṇo dinam ucyate
sa kalpo yatra manavaś
caturdaśa viśām-pate
Word for word:
catuḥ
-
yuga
— four ages;
sahasram
— one thousand;
tu
— indeed;
brahmaṇaḥ
— of Lord Brahmā;
dinam
— the day;
ucyate
— is said;
saḥ
— that;
kalpaḥ
— a kalpa;
yatra
— in which;
manavaḥ
— original progenitors of mankind;
caturdaśa
— fourteen;
viśām
-
pate
— O King.
Translation:
One thousand cycles of four ages constitute a single day of Brahmā, known as a kalpa. In that period, O King, fourteen Manus come and go.
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