Shloka 29

एतां द्वादशसाहसत्रीं युगाख्यां कवयो विदु: । सहस्रपरिवर्त तद्‌ ब्राह्मं दिवसमुच्यते,इस प्रकार देवताओंके बारह हजार वर्षोका एक चतुर्युग होता है; यह विद्वानोंकी मान्यता है। एक सहस्र चतुर्युगको ब्रह्माका एक दिन बताया जाता है

etāṃ dvādaśasāhastrīṃ yugākhyāṃ kavayo viduḥ | sahasraparivarta tad brāhmaṃ divasam ucyate ||

เหล่าปราชญ์รู้กันว่า ‘ยุค’ มีประมาณเท่ากับหนึ่งหมื่นสองพันปีของเหล่าเทพ; และการเวียนครบรอบเช่นนั้น (แห่งจักรสี่ยุค) หนึ่งพันครั้ง เรียกว่าเป็นหนึ่งวันของพระพรหมา

एताम्this (f.)
एताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
द्वादशसाहसत्रीम्consisting of twelve thousand (years)
द्वादशसाहसत्रीम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वादशसाहसत्री
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
युगाख्याम्named 'yuga' / yuga-called (period)
युगाख्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुगाख्या
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कवयःsages/poets
कवयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकवि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विदुःknow; have known
विदुः:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPerfect (Paroksha), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
सहस्रपरिवर्तम्having a thousand revolutions/turnings (i.e., repeated a thousand times)
सहस्रपरिवर्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्रपरिवर्त
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ब्राह्मम्of Brahmā; Brahmā's
ब्राह्मम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootब्राह्म
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
दिवसम्day
दिवसम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिवस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis said; is called
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyasa
B
Brahma
D
Devas (gods)
Y
Yuga

Educational Q&A

Cosmic time is measured in vast cycles: a yuga is reckoned as twelve thousand years of the gods, and a thousand such yuga-cycles make one day of Brahmā. The ethical implication is to cultivate detachment, patience, and commitment to dharma despite the immense, cyclical nature of worldly change.

Vyāsa is explaining a cosmological doctrine of time-reckoning—how yugas are counted and how they aggregate into Brahmā’s day—within the Shānti Parva’s broader instruction on order, duty, and the structure of the universe.