one breath of mahā-viṣṇu opens into
one out-breath and one in-breath
Exhalation
Phase · 1 of 2 · now
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today…
Breath of Mahā-Viṣṇu
महाविष्णोः निःश्वासःMahā-Viṣṇu-niḥśvāsa
≈ 622 trillion years — one full breath
composed of
one out-breath and one in-breath
The lifetime of one Brahmā is a single breath of Mahā-Viṣṇu, reclining on the Causal Ocean. He breathes out the worlds and breathes them in again; even the creator is born and dies, while the Lord alone is beyond time.
— Bhāgavata 3.11 · Brahma-saṁhitā 5.48