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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.23
nisavasana arabdho
loka-kalpo 'nuvartate
yavad dinam bhagavato
SYNONYMS
nisa -- night; avasane -- termination; arabdhah -- beginning from; loka-kalpah -- further creation of the three worlds; anuvartate -- follows; yavat -- until; dinam -- the daytime; bhagavatah -- of the lord (Brahma); manun -- the Manus; bhunjan -- existing through; catuh-dasa -- fourteen.
TRANSLATION
After the end of Brahma's night, the creation of the three worlds begins again in the daytime of Brahma, and they continue to exist through the life durations of fourteen consecutive Manus, or fathers of mankind.
PURPORT
At the end of the life of each Manu there are shorter dissolutions also.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness