श्रीशुक उवाच कालस्ते परमाण्वादिर्द्विपरार्धावधिर्नृप । कथितो युगमानं च शृणु कल्पलयावपि ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca kālas te paramāṇv-ādir dvi-parārdhāvadhir nṛpa kathito yuga-mānaṁ ca śṛṇu kalpa-layāv api
- 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
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.