Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.2
चतुर्युगसहस्रं तु ब्रह्मणो दिनमुच्यते ।
स कल्पो यत्र मनवश्चतुर्दश विशाम्पते ॥ २ ॥
catur-yuga-sahasraṁ tu
[chatur-yuga-sahasram tu]
brahmaṇo dinam ucyate
[brahmano dinam uchyate]
sa kalpo yatra manavaś
[sa kalpo yatra manavash]
caturdaśa viśām-pate
[chaturdasha vishaam-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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
catur-yuga-sahasraṁ tu
catuḥ-yuga
four ages
sahasram
one thousand
tu
indeed
brahmaṇo dinam ucyate
brahmaṇaḥ
of Lord Brahmā
dinam
the day
ucyate
is said
sa kalpo yatra manavaś
saḥ
that
kalpaḥ
a kalpa
yatra
in which
manavaḥ
original progenitors of mankind
caturdaśa viśām-pate
caturdaśa
fourteen
viśām-pate
O King.
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
One thousand cycles of four ages constitute a single day of Brahmā, known as a kalpa. In that period, O King, there are fourteen Manus.
Personal Guidance
A thousand cycles of four yugas — and that's only one day for Brahma. Even a creator-god is a creature of time. The verse quietly dissolves any illusion that any position, however lofty, escapes the wheel.
Reflection Questions
- Whose 'permanence' have I been treating as final — a leader, an institution, even my own body?
- What does it free me to relax about when I accept time governs all levels of being?
My note
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