पूर्वस्यादौ परार्धस्य ब्राह्मो नाम महानभूत् । कल्पो यत्राभवद्ब्रह्मा शब्दब्रह्मेति यं विदु: ॥ ३५ ॥
purvasyadau parardhasya brahmo nama mahan abhut kalpo yatrabhavad brahma sabda-brahmeti yam viduh
- purvasya
- of the first half
- adau
- in the beginning
- para-ardhasya
- of the superior half
- brahmah
- Brahma-kalpa
- nama
- of the name
- mahan
- very great
- abhut
- was manifest
- kalpah
- millennium
- yatra
- whereupon
- abhavat
- appeared
- brahma
- Lord Brahma
- sabda-brahma iti
- the sounds of the Vedas
- yam
- which
- viduh
- they know.
In the beginning of the first half of Brahma’s life, there was a millennium called Brahma-kalpa, wherein Lord Brahma appeared. The birth of the Vedas was simultaneous with Brahma’s birth.