Shloka 12
युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति
Devanagari script
त्रिशती द्विशती संध्या तथा चैकशती मुने संध्यांशकं तथाप्येवं कल्पेष्वेवं युगे युगे
Transliteration
triśatī dviśatī saṃdhyā tathā caikaśatī mune saṃdhyāṃśakaṃ tathāpyevaṃ kalpeṣvevaṃ yuge yuge
Translation
О мудрец, переходные периоды (sandhyā) составляют триста, двести и сто (единиц); и доля сумерек (sandhyā-aṃśa) также исчисляется тем же образом. Так бывает в каждой кальпе, и так — в каждой юге.
Word by Word
triśatīthree-hundred (measure)
triśatī:
dviśatītwo-hundred (measure)
dviśatī:
saṃdhyājunction/transition period between ages
saṃdhyā:
tathāand/likewise
tathā:
caalso
ca:
ekaśatīone-hundred (measure)
ekaśatī:
muneO sage
mune:
saṃdhyā-aṃśakamthe portion/fraction of the sandhyā
saṃdhyā-aṃśakam:
tathā apieven so/likewise
tathā api:
evaṃthus
evaṃ:
kalpeṣuin (all) kalpas
kalpeṣu:
evaṃin the same manner
evaṃ:
yuge yugein each and every yuga
yuge yuge:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic cosmology to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)