Canto 3, Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Verse 36 (SB 3.11.36)
SB 3.11.36 • मूल श्लोक

तस्यैव चान्ते कल्पोऽभूद् यं पाद्ममभिचक्षते । यद्धरेर्नाभिसरस आसील्लोकसरोरुहम् ॥ ३६ ॥

Transliteration

tasyaiva cānte kalpo ’bhūd yaṁ pādmam abhicakṣate yad dharer nābhi-sarasa āsīl loka-saroruham

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tasya — of the Brāhma-kalpa; eva — certainly; ca — also; ante — at the end of; kalpaḥ — millennium; abhūt — came into existence; yam — which; pādmam — Pādma; abhicakṣate — is called; yat — in which; hareḥ — of the Personality of Godhead; nābhi — in the navel; sarasaḥ — from the reservoir of water; āsīt — there was; loka — of the universe; saroruham — lotus.

Translation

“The millennium which followed the first Brāhma millennium is known as the Pādma-kalpa because in that millennium the universal lotus flower grew out of the navel reservoir of water of the Personality of Godhead, Hari.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
The millennium following the Brāhma-kalpa is known as the Pādma-kalpa because the universal lotus grows in that millennium. The Pādma-kalpa is also called the Pitṛ-kalpa in certain Purāṇas.