Bhishma continued "Hundreds and thousands of great cycles, hundreds and thousands of Creations and Dissolutions, O king of kings, have been over and become events of the past.
भीष्म उवाच महाकल्पसहस्राणि महाकल्पशतानि च॥ समतीतानि राजेन्द्र सर्गाश्च प्रलयाश्च ह।