Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations

Chapter 24: Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation. Text 32

श्रीभगवानुवाच
सप्तमे ह्यद्यतनादूर्ध्वमहन्येतदरिन्दम ।
निमङ्क्ष्यत्यप्ययाम्भोधौ त्रैलोक्यं भूर्भुवादिकम् ॥३२॥

Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca
saptame hy adyatanÄd Å«rdhvam
ahany etad arindama
nimaá¹…ká¹£yaty apyayÄmbhodhau
trailokyaá¹ bhÅ«r-bhuvÄdikam

 Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca - the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; saptame - on the seventh; hi - indeed; adyatanÄt - from today; Å«rdhvam - forward; ahani - on the day; etat - this creation; arimdama - O King who can subdue your enemies; nimaá¹…ká¹£yati - shall be inundated; apyaya-ambhodhau - in the ocean of destruction; trailokyam - the three lokas; bhūḥ-bhuva-Ädikam - namely BhÅ«rloka, Bhuvarloka and Svarloka.


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The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O King, who can subdue your enemies, on the seventh day from today the three worlds — Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ and Svaḥ — will all merge into the water of inundation.

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