द्विपरार्धे त्वतिक्रान्ते ब्रह्मण: परमेष्ठिन: । तदा प्रकृतय: सप्त कल्पन्ते प्रलयाय वै ॥ ५ ॥
dvi-parārdhe tv atikrānte brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ tadā prakṛtayaḥ sapta kalpante pralayāya vai
- dvi-parārdhe
- two parārdhas
- tu
- and
- atikrānte
- when they have become completed
- brahmaṇaḥ
- of Lord Brahmā
- parame-sthinaḥ
- the most highly situated living entity
- tadā
- then
- prakṛtayaḥ
- the elements of nature
- sapta
- seven
- kalpante
- are subject
- pralayāya
- to destruction
- vai
- indeed
When the two halves of the lifetime of Lord Brahmā, the most elevated created being, are complete, the seven basic elements of creation are annihilated.