Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.11.26

eṣa dainan-dinaḥ sargo

brāhmas trailokya-vartanaḥ

tiryań-nṛ-pitṛ-devānāḿ

sambhavo yatra karmabhiḥ

SYNONYMS

eṣaḥ — all these creations; dainam-dinaḥ — daily; sargaḥ — creation; brāhmaḥin terms of the days of Brahmā; trailokya-vartanaḥ — revolution of the three worlds; tiryak — animals lower than the human beings; nṛ — human beings; pitṛ — of the Pitā planets; devānām — of the demigods; sambhavaḥ — appearance; yatra — wherein; karmabhiḥin the cycle of fruitive activities.

TRANSLATION

In the creation, during Brahmā's day, the three planetary systems — Svarga, Martya and Pātāla — revolve, and the inhabitants, including the lower animals, human beings, demigods and Pitās, appear and disappear in terms of their fruitive activities.

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