SB 12.4.5 • मूल श्लोक

द्विपरार्धे त्वतिक्रान्ते ब्रह्मण: परमेष्ठिन: । तदा प्रकृतय: सप्त कल्पन्ते प्रलयाय वै ॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration

dvi-parārdhe tv atikrānte brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ tadā prakṛtayaḥ sapta kalpante pralayāya vai

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

dvi-parārdhe — two parārdhas; tu — and; atikrānte — when they have become completed; brahmaṇaḥ — of Lord Brahmā; parame-sthinaḥ — the most highly situated living entity; tadā — then; prakṛtayaḥ — the elements of nature; sapta — seven; kalpante — are subject; pralayāya — to destruction; vai — indeed.

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda