Shloka 7
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
उत्पत्तिर्ब्रह्मणो यावदायुṣो द्विपरार्धिकम् ।
तावद्दिनं परेśस्य तत्समा संयमे निशा ॥
utpattir brahmaṇo yāvad āyuṣo dviparārdhikam |
tāvad dinaṃ pareśasya tat-samā saṃyame niśā ||
ब्रह्म्याच्या उत्पत्तीपासून त्याच्या आयुष्याच्या अंतापर्यंत—परिमाणाने दोन परार्ध—हा परमेश्वराचा दिवस होय. तितक्याच कालाची त्याची रात्र असून त्या वेळी जग संनियमनात, म्हणजे प्रलयावस्थेत, स्थित असते.
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FAQs
Vast time-scales humble human concerns and place dharma within an immense cosmic rhythm. The ‘night’ metaphor emphasizes periodic rest/withdrawal as intrinsic to order, not a catastrophe.
Directly tied to Sarga/Pratisarga and Vaṃśānucarita-style cosmography/chronology: it supplies temporal measures for creation–dissolution cycles, a hallmark Purāṇic function.
‘Day’ and ‘night’ of the Supreme signify alternating phases of projection and retraction—mirroring breath or meditation cycles—suggesting that cosmic process is a regulated pulsation of consciousness-power.