कल्पो यत्राभवद्ब्रह्मा शब्दब्रह्मेति यं विदुः ॥३५॥
pÅ«rvasyÄdau parÄrdhasya
brÄhmo nÄma mahÄn abhÅ«t
kalpo yatrÄbhavad brahmÄ
śabda-brahmeti yaṠviduḥ
pÅ«rvasya - of the first half; Ädau - in the beginning; para-ardhasya - of the superior half; brÄhmaḥ - BrÄhma-kalpa; nÄma - of the name; mahÄn - very great; abhÅ«t - was manifest; kalpaḥ - millennium; yatra - whereupon; abhavat - appeared; brahmÄ - Lord BrahmÄ; Å›abda-brahma iti - the sounds of the Vedas; yam - which; viduḥ - they know.
In the beginning of the first half of BrahmÄ’s life, there was a millennium called BrÄhma-kalpa, wherein Lord BrahmÄ appeared. The birth of the Vedas was simultaneous with BrahmÄ’s birth.
According to Padma PurÄṇa (PrabhÄsa-khaṇá¸a), in thirty days of BrahmÄ many kalpas take place, such as the VarÄha-kalpa and Pitá¹›-kalpa. Thirty days make one month of BrahmÄ, beginning from the full moon to the disappearance of the moon. Twelve such months complete one year, and fifty years complete one parÄrdha, or one half the duration of the life of BrahmÄ. The Åšveta-varÄha appearance of the Lord is the first birthday of BrahmÄ. The birth date of BrahmÄ is in the month of March, according to Hindu astronomical calculation. This statement is reproduced from the explanation of ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura.
