Shloka 36
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
विंशतिश्च सहस्राणि कालोऽयं साधिकं विना ।
एतन्मन्वन्तरं प्रोक्तं दिव्यैर्वर्षैर्निबोध मे ॥
viṃśatiś ca sahasrāṇi kālo 'yaṃ sādhikaṃ vinā | etan manvantaraṃ proktaṃ divyair varṣair nibodha me ||
இந்த காலம் சேர்க்கை இன்றி இருபதாயிரம் (ஆண்டுகள்) ஆகும். என்னிடமிருந்து அறிக: தெய்வ ஆண்டுகளின் அளவின்படி இதுவே மன்வந்தரம் என்று கூறப்படுகிறது.
FAQs
Different ‘clocks’ (human/divine) coexist in Purāṇic cosmology; the teaching is to see reality from multiple scales rather than a single anthropocentric measure.
Manvantara: the verse gives its duration in a particular unit (divine years), a typical Purāṇic chronographic feature.
‘Divine years’ imply a higher-order rhythm; contemplatively, it suggests aligning one’s mind to subtler time (inner cycles) beyond ordinary temporal anxiety.