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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.36
tasyaiva cante kalpo 'bhud
SYNONYMS
tasya -- of the Brahma-kalpa; eva -- certainly; ca -- also; ante -- at the end of; kalpah -- millennium; abhut -- came into existence; yam -- which; padmam -- Padma; abhicakshate -- is called; yat -- in which; hareh -- of the Personality of Godhead; nabhi -- in the navel; sarasah -- from the reservoir of water; asit -- there was; loka -- of the universe; saroruham -- lotus.
TRANSLATION
The millennium which followed the first Brahma millennium is known as the Padma-kalpa because in that millennium the universal lotus flower grew out of the navel reservoir of water of the Personality of Godhead, Hari.
PURPORT
The millennium following the Brahma-kalpa is known as the Padma-kalpa because the universal lotus grows in that millennium. The Padma-kalpa is also called the Pitri-kalpa in certain Puranas.
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