🪷 ŚB 2.10.46

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

Sanskrit

अयं तु ब्रह्मण: कल्प: सविकल्प उदाहृत: । विधि: साधारणो यत्र सर्गा: प्राकृतवैकृता: ॥ ४६ ॥

Transliteration

ayaṁ tu brahmaṇaḥ kalpaḥ savikalpa udāhṛtaḥ vidhiḥ sādhāraṇo yatra sargāḥ prākṛta-vaikṛtāḥ
Synonyms
ayam — this process of creation and annihilation; tu — but; brahmaṇaḥ — of Brahmā; kalpaḥ — his one day; sa-vikalpaḥ — along with the duration of the universes; udāhṛtaḥ — exemplified; vidhiḥ — regulative principles; sādhāraṇaḥ — in summary; yatra — wherein; sargāḥ — creation; prākṛta — in the matter of material nature; vaikṛtāḥ — disbursement.

Translation

This process of creation and annihilation described in summary herein is the regulative principle during the duration of Brahmā’s one day. It is also the regulative principle in the creation of mahat, in which the material nature is dispersed.

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