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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.36
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 36
- tasyaiva cānte kalpo 'bhūd
- yaṁ pādmam abhicakṣate
- yad dharer nābhi-sarasa
- āsīl loka-saroruham
tasyaof the Brāhma-kalpa — of the Brāhma-kalpa; evacertainly — certainly; caalso — also; anteat the end of — at the end of; kalpaḥmillennium — millennium; abhūtcame into existence — came into existence; yamwhich — which; pādmamPādma — Pādma; abhicakṣateis called — is called; yatin which — in which; hareḥof the Personality of Godhead — of the Personality of Godhead; nābhiin the navel — in the navel; sarasaḥfrom the reservoir of water — from the reservoir of water; āsītthere was — there was; lokaof the universe — of the universe; saroruhamlotus — lotus.
The millennium which followed the first Brāhma millennium is known as the Pādma-kalpa because in that millennium the universal lotus flower grew out of the navel reservoir of water of the Personality of Godhead, Hari.
The millennium following the Brāhma-kalpa is known as the Pādma-kalpa because the universal lotus grows in that millennium. The Pādma-kalpa is also called the Pitṛ-kalpa in certain Purāṇas.