Shloka 9

ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची

Devanagari script

सवनं ब्रह्मणश्चैव युगकल्पश् च तस्य तु दिव्यं च मानुषं वर्षम् आर्षं वै ध्रौव्यमेव च

Transliteration

savanaṃ brahmaṇaścaiva yugakalpaś ca tasya tu divyaṃ ca mānuṣaṃ varṣam ārṣaṃ vai dhrauvyameva ca

Translation

「これらは時の量である。サヴァナ（祭式における日数の計り）、ブラフマーの一日、そして彼に属するユガとカルパ。さらに天年、人年、リシ年、またドゥルヴァ（恒星）による恒星紀の算定である。」

Word by Word

• savanam: savana, a Vedic ritual time-unit/day-measure

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā

• ca eva: and indeed

• yuga-kalpaḥ: yuga and kalpa (cosmic ages and aeons)

• ca: and

• tasya tu: for him/for that (Brahmā/time-system)

• divyam: divine (pertaining to the devas)

• ca: and

• mānuṣam: human

• varṣam: year

• ārṣam: pertaining to ṛṣis (ṛṣi-year/reckoning)

• vai: indeed

• dhrauvyam: Dhruva-related, fixed/sidereal reckoning

• eva ca: also.

Speaker

Suta Goswami