Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 - Chapter 4

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचकालस्ते परमाण्वादिर्द्विपरार्धावधिर्नृप ।कथितो युगमानं च श‍ृणु कल्पलयावपि ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācakālas te paramāṇv-ādirdvi-parārdhāvadhir nṛpakathito yuga-mānaṁ caśṛṇu kalpa-layāv api Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, I have already described to you the measurements of time, beginning from the smallest fraction measured by the movement of a single atom up to the total life span of Lord Brahmā. I have also discussed the measurement of the different millennia of universal history....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2 Sanskrit: चतुर्युगसहस्रं तु ब्रह्मणो दिनमुच्यते ।स कल्पो यत्र मनवश्चतुर्दश विशाम्पते ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: catur-yuga-sahasraṁ tubrahmaṇo dinam ucyatesa kalpo yatra manavaścaturdaśa viśām-pate 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. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3 Sanskrit: तदन्ते प्रलयस्तावान् ब्राह्मी रात्रिरुदाहृता ।त्रयो लोका इमे तत्र कल्पन्ते प्रलयाय हि ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: tad-ante pralayas tāvānbrāhmī rātrir udāhṛtātrayo lokā ime tatrakalpante pralayāya hi Translation: After one day of Brahmā, annihilation occurs during his night, which is of the same duration. At that time all the three planetary systems are subject to destruction. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4 Sanskrit: एष नैमित्तिक: प्रोक्त: प्रलयो यत्र विश्वसृक् ।शेतेऽनन्तासनो विश्वमात्मसात्कृत्य चात्मभू: ॥ ४ ॥ ITRANS: eṣa naimittikaḥ proktaḥpralayo yatra viśva-sṛkśete ’nantāsano viśvamātmasāt-kṛtya cātma-bhūḥ Translation: This is called the naimittika, or occasional, annihilation, during which the original creator, Lord Nārāyaṇa, lies down upon the bed of Ananta Śeṣa and absorbs the entire universe within Himself while Lord Brahmā sleeps. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5 Sanskrit: द्विपरार्धे त्वतिक्रान्ते ब्रह्मण: परमेष्ठिन: ।तदा प्रकृतय: सप्त कल्पन्ते प्रलयाय वै ॥ ५ ॥ ITRANS: dvi-parārdhe tv atikrāntebrahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥtadā prakṛtayaḥ saptakalpante pralayāya vai Translation: When the two halves of the lifetime of Lord Brahmā, the most elevated created being, are complete, the seven basic elements of creation are annihilated. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: एष प्राकृतिको राजन् प्रलयो यत्र लीयते ।अण्डकोषस्तु सङ्घातो विघाट उपसादिते ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: eṣa prākṛtiko rājanpralayo yatra līyateaṇḍa-koṣas tu saṅghātovighāta upasādite Translation: O King, upon the annihilation of the material elements, the universal egg, comprising the elemental amalgamation of creation, is confronted with destruction. Purport: It is significant that Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the spiritual master of King Parīkṣit, is broadly discussing cosmic annihilation just before the death of his disciple....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: पर्जन्य: शतवर्षाणि भूमौ राजन् न वर्षति ।तदा निरन्ने ह्यन्योन्यं भक्ष्यमाणा: क्षुधार्दिता: ।क्षयं यास्यन्ति शनकै: कालेनोपद्रुता: प्रजा: ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: parjanyaḥ śata-varṣāṇibhūmau rājan na varṣatitadā niranne hy anyonyaṁbhakṣyamāṇāḥ kṣudhārditāḥkṣayaṁ yāsyanti śanakaiḥkālenopadrutāḥ prajāḥ Translation: As annihilation approaches, O King, there will be no rain upon the earth for one hundred years. Drought will lead to famine, and the starving populace will literally consume one another....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8 Sanskrit: सामुद्रं दैहिकं भौमं रसं सांवर्तको रवि: ।रश्मिभि: पिबते घोरै: सर्वं नैव विमुञ्चति ॥ ८ ॥ ITRANS: sāmudraṁ daihikaṁ bhaumaṁrasaṁ sāṁvartako raviḥraśmibhiḥ pibate ghoraiḥsarvaṁ naiva vimuñcati Translation: The sun in its annihilating form will drink up with its terrible rays all the water of the ocean, of living bodies and of the earth itself. But the devastating sun will not give any rain in return....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9 Sanskrit: तत: संवर्तको वह्नि: सङ्कर्षणमुखोत्थित: ।दहत्यनिलवेगोत्थ: शून्यान् भूविवरानथ ॥ ९ ॥ ITRANS: tataḥ saṁvartako vahniḥsaṅkarṣaṇa-mukhotthitaḥdahaty anila-vegotthaḥśūnyān bhū-vivarān atha Translation: Next the great fire of annihilation will flare up from the mouth of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa. Carried by the mighty force of the wind, this fire will burn throughout the universe, scorching the lifeless cosmic shell. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10 Sanskrit: उपर्यध: समन्ताच्च शिखाभिर्वह्निसूर्ययो: ।दह्यमानं विभात्यण्डं दग्धगोमयपिण्डवत् ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: upary adhaḥ samantāc caśikhābhir vahni-sūryayoḥdahyamānaṁ vibhāty aṇḍaṁdagdha-gomaya-piṇḍa-vat Translation: Burned from all sides — from above by the blazing sun and from below by the fire of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa — the universal sphere will glow like a burning ball of cow dung. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11 Sanskrit: तत: प्रचण्डपवनो वर्षाणामधिकं शतम् ।पर: सांवर्तको वाति धूम्रं खं रजसावृतम् ॥ ११ ॥ ITRANS: tataḥ pracaṇḍa-pavanovarṣāṇām adhikaṁ śatamparaḥ sāṁvartako vātidhūmraṁ khaṁ rajasāvṛtam Translation: A great and terrible wind of destruction will begin to blow for more than one hundred years, and the sky, covered with dust, will turn gray. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12 Sanskrit: ततो मेघकुलान्यङ्ग चित्र वर्णान्यनेकश: ।शतं वर्षाणि वर्षन्ति नदन्ति रभसस्वनै: ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: tato megha-kulāny aṅgacitra varṇāny anekaśaḥśataṁ varṣāṇi varṣantinadanti rabhasa-svanaiḥ Translation: After that, O King, groups of multicolored clouds will gather, roaring terribly with thunder, and will pour down floods of rain for one hundred years. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13 Sanskrit: तत एकोदकं विश्वं ब्रह्माण्डविवरान्तरम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: tata ekodakaṁ viśvaṁbrahmāṇḍa-vivarāntaram Translation: At that time, the shell of the universe will fill up with water, forming a single cosmic ocean. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14 Sanskrit: तदा भूमेर्गन्धगुणं ग्रसन्त्याप उदप्लवे ।ग्रस्तगन्धा तु पृथिवी प्रलयत्वाय कल्पते ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: tadā bhūmer gandha-guṇaṁgrasanty āpa uda-plavegrasta-gandhā tu pṛthivīpralayatvāya kalpate Translation: As the entire universe is flooded, the water will rob the earth of its unique quality of fragrance, and the element earth, deprived of its distinguishing quality, will be dissolved. Purport: As clearly explained throughout Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the first element, sky, possesses the unique quality of sound....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 15-19 Sanskrit: अपां रसमथो तेजस्ता लीयन्तेऽथ नीरसा: ।ग्रसते तेजसो रूपं वायुस्तद्रहितं तदा ॥ १५ ॥लीयते चानिले तेजो वायो: खं ग्रसते गुणम् ।स वै विशति खं राजंस्ततश्च नभसो गुणम् ॥ १६ ॥शब्दं ग्रसति भूतादिर्नभस्तमनुलीयते ।तैजसश्चेन्द्रियाण्यङ्ग देवान् वैकारिको गुणै: ॥ १७ ॥महान् ग्रसत्यहङ्कारं गुणा: सत्त्वादयश्च तम् ।ग्रसतेऽव्याकृतं राजन् गुणान् कालेन चोदितम् ॥ १८ ॥न तस्य कालावयवै: परिणामादयो गुणा: ।अनाद्यनन्तमव्यक्तं नित्यं कारणमव्ययम् ॥ १९ ॥...