Shloka 246
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
तस्यापि द्विशती संध्या संध्यांशश्ष तथाविध: । द्वापरका मान दो हजार दिव्य वर्ष है तथा उतने ही सौ दिव्य वर्ष उसकी संध्या और संध्यांशके हैं (अत: सब मिलकर चौबीस सौ दिव्य वर्ष द्वापरके हैं)
tasya api dviśatī sandhyā sandhyāṁśaś ca tathāvidhaḥ |
ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ଦ୍ୱାପରୟୁଗର ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା ଦୁଇଶେ (ଦିବ୍ୟ ବର୍ଷ) ଏବଂ ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟାଂଶ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେହି ପରିମାଣର। ଦ୍ୱାପର ଦୁଇ ହଜାର ଦିବ୍ୟ ବର୍ଷର ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ; ଆରମ୍ଭ ଓ ଶେଷରେ ଦୁଇଶେ କରି ଯୋଗ ହେଲେ ମୋଟ ଚବିଶେ ଦିବ୍ୟ ବର୍ଷ ହୁଏ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a structured view of cosmic time: each yuga has transitional periods (sandhyā and sandhyāṁśa) that frame its main duration, emphasizing that moral and cosmic orders change gradually rather than abruptly.
Vaiśampāyana is explaining yuga-chronology, specifying the length of Dvāpara-yuga along with its beginning and ending twilight intervals, as part of a broader account of time-cycles and the waxing and waning of dharma.