Bhagavad Gita · 8.17
॥
Devanāgarī
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः ।
रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ |
rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te 'ho-rātra-vido janāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तम्sahasra-yuga-paryantamthat which lasts (paryanta) a thousand (sahasra) ages.
अहः यत्ahaḥ yatthe day (ahaḥ) which.
ब्रह्मणःbrahmaṇaḥof Brahmā.
विदुःviduḥthey know.
रात्रिम्rātrimand the night.
युगसहस्रान्ताम्yuga-sahasra-antāmwhich ends (anta) after a thousand (sahasra) ages.
तेtethose.
अहोरात्रविदः जनाःahaḥ-rātra-vidaḥ janāḥthe people (janāḥ) who know (vidaḥ) [the nature of] day (ahaḥ) and night (rātri).
Translation
“Those who know the nature of day and night know that a day of Brahmā lasts a thousand ages, and his night lasts just as long.”
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