Shloka 38
Pitāmaha-sabhā-varṇana & Hariścandra-māhātmya
Description of Brahmā’s Assembly and the Eminence of Hariścandra
संवत्सरा: पञ्च युगमहोरात्रश्नतुर्विध: । कालचक्र च तद् दिव्यं नित्यमक्षयमव्ययम्
saṃvatsarāḥ pañca yugam ahorātraś caturvidhaḥ | kālacakraṃ ca tad divyaṃ nityam akṣayam avyayam ||
ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—“ପାଞ୍ଚ ବର୍ଷ ମିଶି ଗୋଟିଏ ଯୁଗ ହୁଏ; ଦିନ-ରାତିର ଚକ୍ର ଚତୁର୍ବିଧ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ। ଏହି ଦିବ୍ୟ କାଳଚକ୍ର ସଦା ଘୂରେ—ନିତ୍ୟ, ଅକ୍ଷୟ ଓ ଅବ୍ୟୟ।”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Time is presented as a divine, orderly cycle—measurable in conventional units yet ultimately constant and inexhaustible—encouraging humility and steadiness in dharmic conduct amid change.
Nārada explains a traditional reckoning of time (yuga and day-night classifications) and frames it within the larger idea of the ever-turning, imperishable Wheel of Time.