Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom. Text 37

अयं तु कथितः कल्पो द्वितीयस्यापि भारत ।
वाराह इति विख्यातो यत्रासीच्छूकरो हरिः ॥३७॥

ayaṠtu kathitaḥ kalpo
dvitÄ«yasyÄpi bhÄrata
vÄrÄha iti vikhyÄto
yatrÄsÄ«c chÅ«karo hariḥ

 ayam - this; tu - but; kathitaḥ - known as; kalpaḥ - the current millennium; dvitÄ«yasya - of the second half; api - certainly; bhÄrata - O descendant of Bharata; vÄrÄhaḥ - VÄrÄha; iti - thus; vikhyÄtaḥ - is celebrated; yatra - in which; ÄsÄ«t - appeared; Å›Å«karaḥ - hog shape; hariḥ - the Personality of Godhead.


Text

O descendant of Bharata, the first millennium in the second half of the life of BrahmÄ is also known as the VÄrÄha millennium because the Personality of Godhead appeared in that millennium as the hog incarnation.

Purport

The different millenniums known as the BrÄhma, PÄdma and VÄrÄha kalpas appear a little puzzling for the layman. There are some scholars who think these kalpas to be one and the same. According to ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ«, the BrÄhma-kalpa in the beginning of the first half appears to be the PÄdma-kalpa. We can, however, simply abide by the text and understand that the present millennium is in the second half of the duration of the life of BrahmÄ.