SB 12.4.2 • मूल श्लोक

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 (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda