Display
Devanagari is shown only when this page stored it. Harvard-Kyoto and ASCII are generated from the IAST verse.
Vanisource / Original texts
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.16
Save this passage to keep a private note on this device. Notes are not sent to Vedawiki.
Cite
Source navigation
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- vidura uvāca
- pitṛ-deva-manuṣyāṇām
- āyuḥ param idaṁ smṛtam
- pareṣāṁ gatim ācakṣva
- ye syuḥ kalpād bahir vidaḥ
viduraḥVidura said uvācaVidura said — Vidura said; pitṛthe Pitā planets — the Pitā planets; devathe heavenly planets — the heavenly planets; manuṣyāṇāmand that of the human beings — and that of the human beings; āyuḥduration of life — duration of life; paramfinal — final; idamin their own measurement — in their own measurement; smṛtamcalculated — calculated; pareṣāmof the superior living entities — of the superior living entities; gatimduration of life — duration of life; ācakṣvakindly calculate — kindly calculate; yeall those who — all those who; syuḥare — are; kalpātfrom the millennium — from the millennium; bahiḥoutside — outside; vidaḥgreatly learned — greatly learned.
Vidura said: I now understand the life durations of the residents of the Pitā planets and heavenly planets as well as that of the human beings. Now kindly inform me of the durations of life of those greatly learned living entities who are beyond the range of a kalpa.
The partial dissolution of the universe that takes place at the end of Brahmā's day does not affect all the planetary systems. The planets of highly learned living entities like the sages Sanaka and Bhṛgu are not affected by the dissolutions of the millenniums. All the planets are of different types, and each is controlled by a different kāla-cakra, or schedule of eternal time. The time of the earth planet is not applicable to other, more elevated planets. Therefore, Vidura herein inquires about the duration of life on other planets.