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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.6.30

सहस्रयुगपर्यन्ते उत्थायेदं सिसृक्षत: । मरीचिमिश्रा ऋषय: प्राणेभ्योऽहं च जज्ञिरे ॥ ३० ॥
sahasra-yuga-paryante
[sahasra-yuga-paryante]
utthāyedaṁ sisṛkṣataḥ
[utthaayedam sisrikshatah]
marīci-miśrā ṛṣayaḥ
[mareechi-mishraa rishayah]
prāṇebhyo ’haṁ ca jajñire
[praanebhyo ’ham cha jajnire]
Word-for-word
sahasra — one thousand yuga — 4,300,000 years paryante — at the end of the duration utthāya — having expired idam — this sisṛkṣataḥ — desired to create again marīci-miśrāḥ — ṛṣis like Marīci ṛṣayaḥ — all the ṛṣis prāṇebhyaḥ — out of His senses aham — I ca — also jajñire — appeared.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sahasra-yuga-paryante
sahasra
one thousand
yuga
4,300,000 years
paryante
at the end of the duration
utthāyedaṁ sisṛkṣataḥ
utthāya
having expired
idam
this
sisṛkṣataḥ
desired to create again
marīci-miśrā ṛṣayaḥ
marīci-miśrāḥ
ṛṣis like Marīci
ṛṣayaḥ
all the ṛṣis
prāṇebhyo ’haṁ ca jajñire
prāṇebhyaḥ
out of His senses
aham
I
ca
also
jajñire
appeared.
After 4,300,000,000 solar years, when Brahmā awoke to create again by the will of the Lord, all the ṛṣis like Marīci, Aṅgirā, Atri and so on were created from the transcendental body of the Lord, and I also appeared along with them.
Purport

The duration of a day in the life of Brahmā is 4,320,000,000 solar years. This is stated also in the Bhagavad-gītā. So for this period Brahmājī rests in yoga-nidrā within the body of the Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the generator of Brahmā. Thus after the sleeping period of Brahmā, when there is again creation by the will of the Lord through the agency of Brahmā, all the great ṛṣis again appear from different parts of the transcendental body, and Nārada also appears. This means that Nārada appears in the same transcendental body, just as a man awakes from sleep in the same body. Śrī Nārada is eternally free to move in all parts of the transcendental and material creations of the Almighty. He appears and disappears in his own transcendental body, which is without distinction of body and soul, unlike conditioned beings.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
At the end of thousand yuga cycles, Brahmā awoke and Marīci, other sages and I appeared from the senses of Brahmā, who desired to create the universe again.
Commentary

At the end of thousand yuga cycles means “at the end of the previous kalpa and the beginning of this kalpa.” Marīci and other sages (marīci-miśrā) and I were born from the senses of Brahmā. [Note: Jīva Gosvāmī explains that their birth is actually awakening from sleep only. Nārada has an eternal body, but sometimes special jīvas take up the form of Nārada as well. ] Jajñire instead of jajñimaha is poetic license.

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Personal Guidance
When Brahmā woke to create again, the great ṛṣis — and Nārada — reappeared from the Lord's transcendental body. The eternal associates of the Lord recur in every cycle. Devotion gives one a permanent role in the cosmic drama.
Reflection Questions
  • What part am I being asked to play in this 'cycle' of my own life?
  • Where would faithful repetition matter more than novelty?
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