कालोऽयं द्विपरार्धाख्यो निमेष उपचर्यते । अव्याकृतस्यानन्तस्य ह्यनादेर्जगदात्मन: ॥ ३८ ॥
kalo ’yam dvi-parardhakhyo nimesa upacaryate avyakrtasyanantasya hy anader jagad-atmanah
- kalah
- eternal time
- ayam
- this (as measured by Brahma’s duration of life)
- dvi-parardha-akhyah
- measured by the two halves of Brahma’s life
- nimesah
- less than a second
- upacaryate
- is so measured
- avyakrtasya
- of one who is unchanged
- anantasya
- of the unlimited
- hi
- certainly
- anadeh
- of the beginningless
- jagat-atmanah
- of the soul of the universe.
The duration of the two parts of Brahma’s life, as above mentioned, is calculated to be equal to one nimesa (less than a second) for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is unchanging and unlimited and is the cause of all causes of the universe.