Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 11

SB 3 11.1

मैत्रेय उवाच चरमः सद्-विशेषाणाम् अनेको ऽसंयुतः सदा परमाणुः स विज्ञेयो नृणाम् ऐक्य-भ्रमो यतः

maitreya uvāca caramaḥ sad-viśeṣāṇām aneko 'saṃyutaḥ sadā paramāṇuḥ sa vijñeyo nṛṇām aikya-bhramo yataḥ

Maitreya said: The last of the distinctions of existent things, which is many, never joined (with others), is to be known as the ultimate particle (paramāṇu), from which arises men's delusion of a single whole.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 11.2

सत एव पदार्थस्य स्वरूपावस्थितस्य यत् कैवल्यं परम-महान् अविशेषो निरन्तरः

sata eva padārthasya svarūpāvasthitasya yat kaivalyaṃ parama-mahān aviśeṣo nirantaraḥ

That which, of an existent object standing in its own form, is the whole taken alone — that is the supremely great, the undifferentiated, the unbroken.

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SB 3 11.3

एवं कालो ऽप्य् अनुमितः सौक्ष्म्ये स्थौल्ये च सत्तम संस्थान-भुक्त्या भगवान् अव्यक्तो व्यक्त-भुग् विभुः

evaṃ kālo 'py anumitaḥ saukṣmye sthaulye ca sattama saṃsthāna-bhuktyā bhagavān avyakto vyakta-bhug vibhuḥ

In this way time too is inferred in the subtle and in the gross, O best one, by (its) consuming of configurations; the Lord is unmanifest, the consumer of the manifest, and all-pervading.

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SB 3 11.4

स कालः परमाणुर् वै यो भुङ्क्ते परमाणुताम् सतो ऽविशेष-भुग् यस् तु स कालः परमो महान्

sa kālaḥ paramāṇur vai yo bhuṅkte paramāṇutām sato 'viśeṣa-bhug yas tu sa kālaḥ paramo mahān

That time is the ultimate particle which consumes the measure of an ultimate particle; but that which consumes the undifferentiated (whole) of what exists, that time is the supreme great one.

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SB 3 11.5

अणुर् द्वौ परमाणू स्यात् त्रसरेणुस् त्रयः स्मृतः जालार्क-रश्म्य्-अवगतः खम् एवानुपतन्न् अगात्

aṇur dvau paramāṇū syāt trasareṇus trayaḥ smṛtaḥ jālārka-raśmy-avagataḥ kham evānupatann agāt

An aṇu would be two paramāṇus; a trasareṇu is reckoned as three. It is perceived by the sun's ray through a lattice, and moves along following the sky itself.

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SB 3 11.6

त्रसरेणु-त्रिकं भुङ्क्ते यः कालः स त्रुटिः स्मृतः शत-भागस् तु वेधः स्यात् तैस् त्रिभिस् तु लवः स्मृतः

trasareṇu-trikaṃ bhuṅkte yaḥ kālaḥ sa truṭiḥ smṛtaḥ śata-bhāgas tu vedhaḥ syāt tais tribhis tu lavaḥ smṛtaḥ

The time that consumes a triad of trasareṇus is reckoned a truṭi; a hundred of these would be a vedha, and by three of those a lava is reckoned.

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SB 3 11.7

निमेषस् त्रि-लवो ज्ञेय आम्नातस् ते त्रयः क्षणः क्षणान् पञ्च विदुः काष्ठां लघु ता दश पञ्च च

nimeṣas tri-lavo jñeya āmnātas te trayaḥ kṣaṇaḥ kṣaṇān pañca viduḥ kāṣṭhāṃ laghu tā daśa pañca ca

A nimeṣa is to be known as three lavas; three of those are handed down as a kṣaṇa; five kṣaṇas they know as a kāṣṭhā, and fifteen of those (make) a laghu.

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SB 3 11.8

लघूनि वै समाम्नाता दश पञ्च च नाडिका ते द्वे मुहूर्तः प्रहरः षड् यामः सप्त वा नृणाम्

laghūni vai samāmnātā daśa pañca ca nāḍikā te dve muhūrtaḥ praharaḥ ṣaḍ yāmaḥ sapta vā nṛṇām

Fifteen laghus are traditionally declared to be a nāḍikā; two of these are a muhūrta; and six or seven (nāḍikās) are a prahara, a watch, for men.

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SB 3 11.9

द्वादशार्ध-पलोन्मानं चतुर्भिश् चतुर्-अङ्गुलैः स्वर्ण-माषैः कृत-च्छिद्रं यावत् प्रस्थ-जल-प्लुतम्

dvādaśārdha-palonmānaṃ caturbhiś catur-aṅgulaiḥ svarṇa-māṣaiḥ kṛta-cchidraṃ yāvat prastha-jala-plutam

(A vessel) of the weight of six palas (twelve half-palas), bored with a hole (by a needle) of four gold māṣas, four fingers (long) — as long as (it takes) to be filled by a prastha of water (is one nāḍikā).

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SB 3 11.10

यामाश् चत्वारश् चत्वारो मर्त्यानाम् अहनी उभे पक्षः पञ्च-दशाहानि शुक्लः कृष्णश् च मानद

yāmāś catvāraś catvāro martyānām ahanī ubhe pakṣaḥ pañca-daśāhāni śuklaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca mānada

Four watches and four (more) are the two, day and night, of mortals; a fortnight is fifteen days, bright and dark, O bestower of honour.

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SB 3 11.11

तयोः समुच्चयो मासः पितॄणां तद् अहर्-निशम् द्वौ ताव् ऋतुः षड् अयनं दक्षिणं चोत्तरं दिवि

tayoḥ samuccayo māsaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tad ahar-niśam dvau tāv ṛtuḥ ṣaḍ ayanaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ cottaraṃ divi

The two of them together make a month, which is a single day and night of the forefathers; two such (months) make a season, and six (make) the course (of the sun), southern and northern, in the sky.

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SB 3 11.12

अयने चाहनी प्राहुर् वत्सरो द्वादश स्मृतः संवत्सर-शतं न्-णां परमायुर् निरूपितम्

ayane cāhanī prāhur vatsaro dvādaśa smṛtaḥ saṃvatsara-śataṃ n-ṇāṃ paramāyur nirūpitam

The two courses (of the sun) they call the (celestial) day and night; twelve (months) are held to be a year. A hundred years is laid down as the maximum lifespan of men.

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SB 3 11.13

ग्रहर्क्ष-तारा-चक्र-स्थः परमाण्व्-आदिना जगत् संवत्सरावसानेन पर्येत्य् अनिमिषो विभुः

graharkṣa-tārā-cakra-sthaḥ paramāṇv-ādinā jagat saṃvatsarāvasānena paryety animiṣo vibhuḥ

Situated in the circle of planets, lunar mansions and stars, the unblinking, all-pervading (Lord as time) revolves around the world, from the atom onwards up to the end of the year.

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SB 3 11.14

संवत्सरः परिवत्सर इडा-वत्सर एव च अनुवत्सरो वत्सरश् च विदुरैवं प्रभाष्यते

saṃvatsaraḥ parivatsara iḍā-vatsara eva ca anuvatsaro vatsaraś ca viduraivaṃ prabhāṣyate

Saṃvatsara, parivatsara, and iḍāvatsara, anuvatsara and vatsara — thus, O Vidura, is it spoken of.

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SB 3 11.15

यः सृज्य-शक्तिम् उरुधोच्छ्वसयन् स्व-शक्त्या पुंसो ऽभ्रमाय दिवि धावति भूत-भेदः अम्प्;कालाख्यया गुणमयं क्रतुभिर् वितन्वंस् तस्मै बलिं हरत वत्सर-पञ्चकाय

yaḥ sṛjya-śaktim urudhocchvasayan sva-śaktyā puṃso 'bhramāya divi dhāvati bhūta-bhedaḥ kālākhyayā guṇamayaṃ kratubhir vitanvaṃs tasmai baliṃ harata vatsara-pañcakāya

He who, breathing out manifoldly by his own power the capacity of what is to be created, runs in the sky as the divider of beings, so that the person may not be deluded — spreading out by sacrifices what consists of the guṇas under the name of time: to him, the five-fold year, offer your tribute.

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SB 3 11.16

विदुर उवाच पितृ-देव-मनुष्याणाम् आयुः परम् इदं स्मृतम् परेषां गतिम् आचक्ष्व ये स्युः कल्पाद् बहिर् विदः

vidura uvāca pitṛ-deva-manuṣyāṇām āyuḥ param idaṃ smṛtam pareṣāṃ gatim ācakṣva ye syuḥ kalpād bahir vidaḥ

Vidura said: This has been declared as the utmost lifespan of the forefathers, the gods and men. Tell (me) the course of those beyond, the knowers who exist outside the kalpa.

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SB 3 11.17

भगवान् वेद कालस्य गतिं भगवतो ननु विश्वं विचक्षते धीरा योग-राद्धेन चक्षुषा

bhagavān veda kālasya gatiṃ bhagavato nanu viśvaṃ vicakṣate dhīrā yoga-rāddhena cakṣuṣā

You, sir, know the movement of time, which belongs to the Lord; indeed the steady ones behold the universe with the eye perfected by yoga.

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SB 3 11.18

मैत्रेय उवाच कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश् चेति चतुर्-युगम् दिव्यैर् द्वादशभिर् वर्षैः सावधानं निरूपितम्

maitreya uvāca kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliś ceti catur-yugam divyair dvādaśabhir varṣaiḥ sāvadhānaṃ nirūpitam

Maitreya said: Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali — thus the set of four ages, together with its junctures, is reckoned at twelve thousand divine years.

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SB 3 11.19

चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैकं कृतादिषु यथा-क्रमम् सङ्ख्यातानि सहस्राणि द्वि-गुणानि शतानि च

catvāri trīṇi dve caikaṃ kṛtādiṣu yathā-kramam saṅkhyātāni sahasrāṇi dvi-guṇāni śatāni ca

Four, three, two and one thousand (divine years), in due order, in Kṛta and the rest, are counted, and (their) hundreds are doubled.

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SB 3 11.20

सन्ध्या-सन्ध्यांशयोर् अन्तर् यः कालः शत-सङ्ख्ययोः तम् एवाहुर् युगं तज्-ज्ञा यत्र धर्मो विधीयते

sandhyā-sandhyāṃśayor antar yaḥ kālaḥ śata-saṅkhyayoḥ tam evāhur yugaṃ taj-jñā yatra dharmo vidhīyate

That period which lies between the twilight (before) and the twilight-portion (after), both counted in hundreds — that alone those who know call the yuga, in which religion is ordained.

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SB 3 11.21

धर्मश् चतुष्-पान् मनुजान् कृते समनुवर्तते स एवान्येष्व् अधर्मेण व्येति पादेन वर्धता

dharmaś catuṣ-pān manujān kṛte samanuvartate sa evānyeṣv adharmeṇa vyeti pādena vardhatā

Religion, four-footed, attends upon men in the Kṛta age; but in the others it declines by a quarter, while unrighteousness increases (by a quarter).

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SB 3 11.22

त्रि-लोक्या युग-साहस्रं बहिर् आब्रह्मणो दिनम् तावत्य् एव निशा तात यन् निमीलति विश्व-सृक्

tri-lokyā yuga-sāhasraṃ bahir ābrahmaṇo dinam tāvaty eva niśā tāta yan nimīlati viśva-sṛk

A thousand cycles of four ages is one day of Brahmā, beyond the three worlds; and just as long, dear one, is the night, when the world-creator closes his eyes.

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SB 3 11.23

निशावसान आरब्धो लोक-कल्पो ऽनुवर्तते यावद् दिनं भगवतो मनून् भुञ्जंश् चतुर्-दश

niśāvasāna ārabdho loka-kalpo 'nuvartate yāvad dinaṃ bhagavato manūn bhuñjaṃś catur-daśa

Beginning at the end of the night, the fashioning of the worlds continues for as long as the day of the mighty one, passing through fourteen Manus.

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SB 3 11.24

स्वं स्वं कालं मनुर् भुङ्क्ते साधिकां ह्य् एक-सप्ततिम् मन्वन्तरेषु मनवस् तद्-वंश्या ऋषयः सुराः भवन्ति चैव युगपत् सुरेशाश् चानु ये च तान्

svaṃ svaṃ kālaṃ manur bhuṅkte sādhikāṃ hy eka-saptatim manvantareṣu manavas tad-vaṃśyā ṛṣayaḥ surāḥ bhavanti caiva yugapat sureśāś cānu ye ca tān

Each Manu enjoys his own period, somewhat more than seventy-one (cycles of four ages). In the manvantaras the Manus, the sages descended from them, the gods, and also the lords of the gods, and those who follow them, come into being simultaneously.

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SB 3 11.25

एष दैनन्-दिनः सर्गो ब्राह्मस् त्रैलोक्य-वर्तनः तिर्यङ्-नृ-पितृ-देवानां सम्भवो यत्र कर्मभिः

eṣa dainan-dinaḥ sargo brāhmas trailokya-vartanaḥ tiryaṅ-nṛ-pitṛ-devānāṃ sambhavo yatra karmabhiḥ

This is the day-by-day creation of Brahmā, in which the three worlds go on, wherein occurs, according to (their) deeds, the birth of animals, men, forefathers and gods.

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SB 3 11.26

मन्वन्तरेषु भगवान् बिभ्रत् सत्त्वं स्व-मूर्तिभिः मन्व्-आदिभिर् इदं विश्वम् अवत्य् उदित-पौरुषः

manvantareṣu bhagavān bibhrat sattvaṃ sva-mūrtibhiḥ manv-ādibhir idaṃ viśvam avaty udita-pauruṣaḥ

In the manvantaras the Lord, sustaining goodness, with his own forms as Manu and the rest, protects this universe, his manly power made manifest.

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SB 3 11.27

तमो-मात्राम् उपादाय प्रतिसंरुद्ध-विक्रमः कालेनानुगताशेष आस्ते तूष्णीं दिनात्यये

tamo-mātrām upādāya pratisaṃruddha-vikramaḥ kālenānugatāśeṣa āste tūṣṇīṃ dinātyaye

Taking on the portion of darkness, his prowess held back, with everything absorbed by time, he remains silent at the day's close.

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SB 3 11.28

तम् एवान्व् अपि धीयन्ते लोका भूर्-आदयस् त्रयः निशायाम् अनुवृत्तायां निर्मुक्त-शशि-भास्करम्

tam evānv api dhīyante lokā bhūr-ādayas trayaḥ niśāyām anuvṛttāyāṃ nirmukta-śaśi-bhāskaram

Along with him the three worlds beginning with Bhūr are laid to rest, when the night comes on, free of moon and sun.

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SB 3 11.29

त्रि-लोक्यां दह्यमानायां शक्त्या सङ्कर्षणाग्निना यान्त्य् ऊष्मणा महर्लोकाज् जनं भृग्व्-आदयो ऽर्दिताः

tri-lokyāṃ dahyamānāyāṃ śaktyā saṅkarṣaṇāgninā yānty ūṣmaṇā maharlokāj janaṃ bhṛgv-ādayo 'rditāḥ

When the three worlds are being burned by the fire of Saṅkarṣaṇa through (his) power, Bhṛgu and the others, tormented by the heat, go from Maharloka to Janaloka.

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SB 3 11.30

तावत् त्रि-भुवनं सद्यः कल्पान्तैधित-सिन्धवः प्लावयन्त्य् उत्कटाटोप- चण्ड-वातेरितोर्मयः

tāvat tri-bhuvanaṃ sadyaḥ kalpāntaidhita-sindhavaḥ plāvayanty utkaṭāṭopa- caṇḍa-vāteritormayaḥ

Then at once the seas, swollen at the end of the kalpa, their waves driven by fierce winds of violent fury, flood the three worlds.

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SB 3 11.31

अन्तः स तस्मिन् सलिल आस्ते ऽनन्तासनो हरिः योग-निद्रा-निमीलाक्षः स्तूयमानो जनालयैः

antaḥ sa tasmin salila āste 'nantāsano hariḥ yoga-nidrā-nimīlākṣaḥ stūyamāno janālayaiḥ

Within that water Hari lies, seated on Ananta, his eyes closed in yoga-slumber, praised by the dwellers of Janaloka.

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SB 3 11.32

एवं-विधैर् अहो-रात्रैः काल-गत्योपलक्षितैः अपक्षितम् इवास्यापि परमायुर् वयः-शतम्

evaṃ-vidhair aho-rātraiḥ kāla-gatyopalakṣitaiḥ apakṣitam ivāsyāpi paramāyur vayaḥ-śatam

By days and nights of this kind, marked out by the movement of time, even his supreme lifespan of a hundred years is, as it were, worn away.

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SB 3 11.33

यद् अर्धम् आयुषस् तस्य परार्धम् अभिधीयते पूर्वः परार्धो ऽपक्रान्तो ह्य् अपरो ऽद्य प्रवर्तते

yad ardham āyuṣas tasya parārdham abhidhīyate pūrvaḥ parārdho 'pakrānto hy aparo 'dya pravartate

That which is half of his lifespan is called a parārdha; the first parārdha has passed, and the second is now proceeding.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 11.34

पूर्वस्यादौ परार्धस्य ब्राह्मो नाम महान् अभूत् कल्पो यत्राभवद् ब्रह्मा शब्द-ब्रह्मेति यं विदुः

pūrvasyādau parārdhasya brāhmo nāma mahān abhūt kalpo yatrābhavad brahmā śabda-brahmeti yaṃ viduḥ

At the beginning of the first parārdha there was a great kalpa named Brāhma, in which Brahmā came into being, whom they know as Śabda-brahman.

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SB 3 11.35

तस्यैव चान्ते कल्पो ऽभूद् यं पाद्मम् अभिचक्षते यद् धरेर् नाभि-सरस आसील् लोक-सरोरुहम्

tasyaiva cānte kalpo 'bhūd yaṃ pādmam abhicakṣate yad dharer nābhi-sarasa āsīl loka-saroruham

And at the end of that same (parārdha) there was the kalpa they call Pādma, in which the world-lotus arose from the navel-lake of Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 3 11.36

अयं तु कथितः कल्पो द्वितीयस्यापि भारत वाराह इति विख्यातो यत्रासीच् छूकरो हरिः

ayaṃ tu kathitaḥ kalpo dvitīyasyāpi bhārata vārāha iti vikhyāto yatrāsīc chūkaro hariḥ

But this kalpa that has been described, O Bhārata, belongs to the second (parārdha); it is known as Vārāha, in which Hari became a boar.

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SB 3 11.37

कालो ऽयं द्वि-परार्धाख्यो निमेष उपचर्यते अव्याकृतस्यानन्तस्य ह्य् अनादेर् जगद्-आत्मनः

kālo 'yaṃ dvi-parārdhākhyo nimeṣa upacaryate avyākṛtasyānantasya hy anāder jagad-ātmanaḥ

This span of time called the two parārdhas is reckoned as a mere twinkling for the unmanifest, endless, beginningless Self of the universe.

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SB 3 11.38

कालो ऽयं परमाण्व्-आदिर् द्वि-परार्धान्त ईश्वरः नैवेशितुं प्रभुर् भूम्न ईश्वरो धाम-मानिनाम्

kālo 'yaṃ paramāṇv-ādir dvi-parārdhānta īśvaraḥ naiveśituṃ prabhur bhūmna īśvaro dhāma-māninām

This time, beginning with the atom and ending with the two parārdhas, is a controller, but it is not at all able to control the Unlimited One; it is the controller of those who identify with a body.

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SB 3 11.39

विकारैः सहितो युक्तैर् विशेषादिभिर् आवृतः आण्डकोशो बहिर् अयं पञ्चाशत्-कोटि-विस्तृतः

vikāraiḥ sahito yuktair viśeṣādibhir āvṛtaḥ āṇḍakośo bahir ayaṃ pañcāśat-koṭi-vistṛtaḥ

This egg-shell, together with its transformations, joined with (them) and enveloped by the specific elements and the rest, extends outward for fifty crores (of yojanas).

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SB 3 11.40

दशोत्तराधिकैर् यत्र प्रविष्टः परमाणुवत् लक्ष्यते ऽन्तर्-गताश् चान्ये कोटिशो ह्य् अण्ड-राशयः

daśottarādhikair yatra praviṣṭaḥ paramāṇuvat lakṣyate 'ntar-gatāś cānye koṭiśo hy aṇḍa-rāśayaḥ

There, entered among (coverings) each ten times greater, it appears like an atom; and inside there are other masses of eggs by the crores.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 3 11.41

तद् आहुर् अक्षरं ब्रह्म सर्व-कारण-कारणम् विष्णोर् धाम परं साक्षात् पुरुषस्य महात्मनः

tad āhur akṣaraṃ brahma sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam viṣṇor dhāma paraṃ sākṣāt puruṣasya mahātmanaḥ

That they call the imperishable Brahman, the cause of all causes, the supreme abode of Viṣṇu, directly (the abode) of the great Person.

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