Shloka 42
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
शतं हि तस्य वर्षाणां परमित्यभिधीयते ।
पञ्चाशद्भिस्तथा वर्षैः परार्धमिति कीर्त्यते ॥
śataṃ hi tasya varṣāṇāṃ param ity abhidhīyate / pañcāśadbhis tathā varṣaiḥ parārdham iti kīrtyate
Hundert seiner Jahre heißen „para“; ebenso werden fünfzig Jahre als „parārdha“ (die Hälfte einer vollen Lebensspanne) verkündet.
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FAQs
The verse situates human concepts of duration within a vastly larger cosmic scale, encouraging detachment from short-lived concerns and reverence for cosmic order (ṛta) expressed through measured time.
This belongs primarily to ‘Saṃsthā/Pratisarga’-adjacent cosmological reckoning (time-structure that frames creation and dissolution cycles), supporting the Purāṇic characteristic of describing kalpas and cosmic durations.
‘Para’ and ‘parārdha’ function as symbolic thresholds: the mind is trained to think in progressively larger units, loosening identification with personal time and aligning cognition with a ‘Brahmā-scale’ perspective.