🪷 ŚB 12.4.2

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

चतुर्युगसहस्रं तु ब्रह्मणो दिनमुच्यते । स कल्पो यत्र मनवश्चतुर्दश विशाम्पते ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

catur-yuga-sahasraṁ tu brahmaṇo dinam ucyate sa kalpo yatra manavaś caturdaśa viśām-pate
Synonyms
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.

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.

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