Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
कालस्ते परमाण्वादिर्द्विपरार्धावधिर्नृप ।
कथितो युगमानं च शृणु कल्पलयावपि ॥ १ ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
kālas te paramāṇv-ādir
dvi-parārdhāvadhir nṛpa
kathito yuga-mānaṁ ca
śṛṇu kalpa-layāv api
Synonyms
śrī
—
śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
;
kālaḥ
—
time
;
te
—
to you
;
parama
—
aṇu — (the smallest fraction of time measured in terms of) the indivisible atom
;
ādiḥ
—
beginning with
;
dvi
—
para — ardha — the two halves of Brahmā’s total life span
;
avadhiḥ
—
culminating in
;
nṛpa
—
O King Parīkṣit
;
kathitaḥ
—
has been described
;
yuga
—
mānam — the duration of the millennia
;
ca
—
and
;
śṛṇu
—
now hear
;
kalpa
—
Brahmā’s day
;
layau
—
annihilation
;
api
—
also .
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, I have already described to you the measurements of time, beginning from the smallest fraction measured by the movement of a single atom up to the total life span of Lord Brahmā. I have also discussed the measurement of the different millennia of universal history. Now hear about the time of Brahmā’s day and the process of annihilation.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King! I have already described to you the measurements of time, beginning from the smallest unit up to the total life span of Lord Brahmā. I have also discussed the measurement of the yugas. Now hear about maintenance and annihilation.
In the Fourth Chapter, Śukadeva concludes the sweet topics of Kṛṣṇa by describing the four types of destruction.