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ŚB 12.12.10

Devanagari

कालस्य स्थूलसूक्ष्मस्य गति: पद्मसमुद्भ‍व: ।
भुव उद्धरणेऽम्भोधेर्हिरण्याक्षवधो यथा ॥ १० ॥

Text

kālasya sthūla-sūkṣmasya
gatiḥ padma-samudbhavaḥ
bhuva uddharaṇe ’mbhodher
hiraṇyākṣa-vadho yathā

Synonyms

kālasya — of time; sthūla-sūkṣmasya — gross and subtle; gatiḥ — the movement; padma — of the lotus; samudbhavaḥ — the generation; bhuvaḥ — of the earth; uddharaṇe — in connection with the deliverance; ambhodheḥ — from the ocean; hiraṇyākṣa-vadhaḥ — the killing of the demon Hiraṇyākṣa; yathā — as it occurred.

Translation

Other topics include the subtle and gross movements of time, the generation of the lotus from the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the killing of the demon Hiraṇyākṣa when the earth was delivered from the Garbhodaka Ocean.