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

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

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