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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.37
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 37
- ayaṁ tu kathitaḥ kalpo
- dvitīyasyāpi bhārata
- vārāha iti vikhyāto
- yatrāsīc chūkaro hariḥ
ayamthis — this; tubut — but; kathitaḥknown as — known as; kalpaḥthe current millennium — the current millennium; dvitīyasyaof the second half — of the second half; apicertainly — certainly; bhārataO descendant of Bharata — O descendant of Bharata; vārāhaḥVārāha — Vārāha; itithus — thus; vikhyātaḥis celebrated — is celebrated; yatrain which — in which; āsītappeared — appeared; śūkaraḥhog shape — hog shape; hariḥthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead.
O descendant of Bharata, the first millennium in the second half of the life of Brahmā is also known as the Vārāha millennium because the Personality of Godhead appeared in that millennium as the hog incarnation.
The different millenniums known as the Brāhma, Pādma and Vārāha kalpas appear a little puzzling for the layman. There are some scholars who think these kalpas to be one and the same. According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, the Brāhma-kalpa in the beginning of the first half appears to be the Pādma-kalpa. We can, however, simply abide by the text and understand that the present millennium is in the second half of the duration of the life of Brahmā.