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Shloka 7

Adhyaya 4: अहोरात्र-युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पमान तथा प्रलयान्ते सृष्ट्युपक्रमः

अंशकः षट्शतं तस्मात् कृतसंध्यांशकं विना त्रिद्व्येकसाहस्रमितो विना संध्यांशकेन तु

aṃśakaḥ ṣaṭśataṃ tasmāt kṛtasaṃdhyāṃśakaṃ vinā tridvyekasāhasramito vinā saṃdhyāṃśakena tu

Daher beträgt die Zahl der aṃśaka sechshundert; und lässt man den aṃśaka-Anteil weg, der der saṃdhyā (Dämmerung) des Kṛta-Yuga zugewiesen ist, so ergibt sich das Maß von dreitausend—abermals, ohne den saṃdhyā-aṃśaka mitzuzählen.

aṃśakaḥa unit/portion (aṃśa) used for measurement
aṃśakaḥ:
ṣaṭ-śatamsix hundred
ṣaṭ-śatam:
tasmāttherefore/from that
tasmāt:
kṛtapertaining to Kṛta-yuga (Satya-yuga)
kṛta:
saṃdhyātwilight period (junction) of a yuga
saṃdhyā:
aṃśakamportion/unit
aṃśakam:
vināwithout/excluding
vinā:
tri-dvi-eka-sāhasramthree-thousand (3-2-1 thousand = 3000)
tri-dvi-eka-sāhasram:
itaḥthus/thereby/this amount
itaḥ:
tubut/indeed
tu:

Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic cosmology to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)