SB 12.4.38

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 4: The Four Categories of Universal Annihilation

SB 12.4.37 - SB 12.4.39

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 38

nityo naimittikaś caiva

tathā prākṛtiko layaḥ

ātyantikaś ca kathitaḥ

kālasya gatir īdṛśī

SYNONYMS

nityaḥ — continuous; naimittikaḥ — occasional; ca — and; eva — indeed; tathā — also; prākṛtikaḥ — natural; layaḥ — annihilation; ātyantikaḥ — final; ca — and; kathitaḥ — are described; kālasya — of time; gatiḥ — the progress; īdṛśī — like this.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

In this way the progress of time is described in terms of the four kinds of annihilation—continuous, occasional, elemental and final.

SB 12.4.37 - SB 12.4.39