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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.31
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- tāvat tri-bhuvanaṁ sadyaḥ
- kalpāntaidhita-sindhavaḥ
- plāvayanty utkaṭāṭopa-
- caṇḍa-vāteritormayaḥ
tāvatthen — then; triall the three worlds-bhuvanamall the three worlds — all the three worlds; sadyaḥimmediately after — immediately after; kalpain the beginning of the devastation-antain the beginning of the devastation — in the beginning of the devastation; edhitainflated — inflated; sindhavaḥall the oceans — all the oceans; plāvayantiinundate — inundate; utkaṭaviolent — violent; āṭopaagitation — agitation; caṇḍahurricane — hurricane; vātaby winds — by winds; īritablown — blown; ūrmayaḥwaves — waves.
At the beginning of the devastation all the seas overflow, and hurricane winds blow very violently. Thus the waves of the seas become ferocious, and in no time at all the three worlds are full of water.
It is said that the blazing fire from the mouth of Saṅkarṣaṇa rages for one hundred years of the demigods, or 36,000 human years. Then for another 36,000 years there are torrents of rain, accompanied by violent winds and waves, and the seas and oceans overflow. These reactions of 72,000 years are the beginning of the partial devastation of the three worlds. People forget all these devastations of the worlds and think themselves happy in the material progress of civilization. This is called māyā, or "that which is not."