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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.3.5

కాలేన పఞ్చత్వమితేషు కృత్స్‍నశో లోకేషు పాలేషు చ సర్వహేతుషు । తమస్తదాసీద్ గహనం గభీరం యస్తస్య పారేఽభివిరాజతే విభు: ॥ ౫ ॥
kālena paṣcatvam iteṣu kṛtsnaśo
[kaalena pashchatvam iteshu kritsnasho]
lokeṣu pāleṣu ca sarva-hetuṣu
[lokeshu paaleshu cha sarva-hetushu]
tamas tadāsīd gahanaṁ gabhīraṁ
[tamas tadaaseed gahanam gabheeram]
yas tasya pāre ’bhivirājate vibhuḥ
[yas tasya paare ’bhiviraajate vibhuh]
Word-for-word
kālena — in due course of time (after millions and millions of years) paṣcatvam — when everything illusory is annihilated iteṣu — all transformations kṛtsnaśaḥ — with everything within this cosmic manifestation lokeṣu — all the planets, or everything that exists pāleṣu — maintainers like Lord Brahmā ca — also sarva-hetuṣu — all causative existences tamaḥ — great darkness tadā — then āsīt — was gahanam — very dense gabhīram — very deep yaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead who tasya — this dark situation pāre — over and above abhivirājate — exists or shines vibhuḥ — the Supreme.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kālena paṣcatvam iteṣu kṛtsnaśo
kālena
in due course of time (after millions and millions of years)
paṣcatvam
when everything illusory is annihilated
iteṣu
all transformations
kṛtsnaśaḥ
with everything within this cosmic manifestation
lokeṣu pāleṣu ca sarva-hetuṣu
lokeṣu
all the planets, or everything that exists
pāleṣu
maintainers like Lord Brahmā
ca
also
sarva-hetuṣu
all causative existences
tamas tadāsīd gahanaṁ gabhīraṁ
tamaḥ
great darkness
tadā
then
āsīt
was
gahanam
very dense
gabhīram
very deep
yas tasya pāre ’bhivirājate vibhuḥ
yaḥ
the Supreme Personality of Godhead who
tasya
this dark situation
pāre
over and above
abhivirājate
exists or shines
vibhuḥ
the Supreme.
In due course of time, when all the causative and effective manifestations of the universe, including the planets and their directors and maintainers, are annihilated, there is a situation of dense darkness. Above this darkness, however, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I take shelter of His lotus feet.
Purport

From the Vedic mantras we understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is above everything. He is supreme, above all the demigods, including Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. He is the supreme controller. When everything disappears by the influence of His energy, the cosmic situation is one of dense darkness. The Supreme Lord, however, is the sunshine, as confirmed in the Vedic mantras: āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt. In our daily experience, when we on earth are in the darkness of night, the sun is always luminous somewhere in the sky. Similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme sun, always remains luminous, even when the entire cosmic manifestation is annihilated in due course of time.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When in time all causes, effects and all devatās were destroyed, there was deep darkness, difficult to penetrate. The Lord alone remained above this darkness. This verse explains that the Lord exists at all times. The Lord remains beyond the influence of the darkness produced during the time of destruction of the universe. Śruti says āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt: the Lord shines like the sun beyond the darkness. (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.8)
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