SB 9.3.32 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.3.32

తత్పుత్రపౌత్రనప్తృణాం గోత్రాణి చ న శ‍ృణ్మహే । కాలోఽభియాతస్త్రిణవచతుర్యుగవికల్పిత: ॥ ౩౨ ॥

tat putra-pautra-naptṝṇāṁ

[tat putra-pautra-naptreenaam]

gotrāṇi ca na śṛṇmahe

[gotraani cha na shrinmahe]

kālo ’bhiyātas tri-ṇava-

[kaalo ’bhiyaatas tri-nava-]

catur-yuga-vikalpitaḥ

[chatur-yuga-vikalpitah]

Word-for-word

tat — there putra — of the sons pautra — of the grandsons naptṝṇām — and of the descendants gotrāṇi — the family dynasties ca — also na — not śṛṇmahe — we do hear of kālaḥ — time abhiyātaḥ — have passed tri — three nava — nine catur-yuga — four yugas (Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali) vikalpitaḥ — thus measured.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tat putra-pautra-naptṝṇāṁ

tat

there

putra

of the sons

pautra

of the grandsons

naptṝṇām

and of the descendants

gotrāṇi ca na śṛṇmahe

gotrāṇi

the family dynasties

also

not

śṛṇmahe

we do hear of

kālo ’bhiyātas tri-ṇava-

kālaḥ

time

abhiyātaḥ

have passed

tri

three

nava

nine

catur-yuga-vikalpitaḥ

catur-yuga

four yugas (Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali)

vikalpitaḥ

thus measured.

Twenty-seven catur-yugas have already passed. Those upon whom you may have decided are now gone, and so are their sons, grandsons and other descendants. You cannot even hear about their names.

Purport

During Lord Brahmā’s day, fourteen Manus or one thousand mahā-yugas pass away. Brahmā informed King Kakudmī that twenty-seven mahā-yugas, each consisting of the four periods Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali, had already passed. All the kings and other great personalities born in those yugas had now departed from memory into obscurity. This is the way of time as it moves through past, present and future.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Twenty-seven catur-yugas have already passed. We do not hear of the sons, grandsons and other descendants of those whom you considered suitable sons-in-law. Time calculated especially (vikalpitaḥ) as twenty-seven yuga cycles has passed.

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