Shloka 35

Adhyaya 4: अहोरात्र-युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पमान तथा प्रलयान्ते सृष्ट्युपक्रमः

Devanagari script

विंशतिश् च सहस्राणि कालो ऽयम् अधिकं विना मन्वन्तरस्य संख्यैषा लैङ्गे ऽस्मिन्कीर्तिता द्विजाः

Transliteration

viṃśatiś ca sahasrāṇi kālo 'yam adhikaṃ vinā manvantarasya saṃkhyaiṣā laiṅge 'sminkīrtitā dvijāḥ

Translation

โอทวิชะทั้งหลาย หากไม่นับส่วนเพิ่มแล้ว กาลมานนี้คือสองหมื่น; นี่คือจำนวนของมันวันตระที่กล่าวไว้ในลิงคปุราณะนี้।

Word by Word

• विंशतिः: twenty

• च: and

• सहस्राणि: thousands

• कालः: time-period/measure of time

• अयम्: this

• अधिकं: additional/excess (intercalary portion)

• विना: without

• मन्वन्तरस्य: of a Manvantara

• संख्यैषा: this number/this count

• लैङ्गे: in the Liṅga (Purāṇa)/pertaining to the Liṅga tradition

• अस्मिन्: in this

• कीर्तिता: declared/proclaimed

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brāhmaṇa sages)

Speaker

Suta Goswami