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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 12
yavan kalpo vikalpo va
yatha kalo 'numiyate
bhuta-bhavya-bhavac-chabda
ayur-manam ca yat satah


yavan -- as it is; kalpah -- the duration of time between creation and annihilation; vikalpah -- subsidiary creation and annihilation; va -- either; yatha -- as also; kalah -- the time; anumiyate -- is measured; bhuta -- past; bhavya -- future; bhavat -- present; sabdah -- sound; ayuh -- duration of life; manam -- measurement; ca -- also; yat -- which; satah -- of all living beings in all planets.


TRANSLATION
Also please explain the duration of time between creation and annihilation, and that of other subsidiary creations, as well as the nature of time, indicated by the sound of past, present and future. Also, please explain the duration and measurement of life of the different living beings known as the demigods, the human beings, etc., in different planets of the universe.
PURPORT

Past, present and future are different features of time to indicate the duration of life for the universe and all its paraphernalia, including the different living beings in different planets
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