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Shloka 29

Adhyaya 46Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)

द्वापरं द्वे सहस्रे तु वर्षाणां द्वे शते तथा ।

तस्य सन्ध्या समाख्याता द्वे शताब्दे तदंशकः ॥

dvāparaṃ dve sahasre tu varṣāṇāṃ dve śate tathā | tasya sandhyā samākhyātā dve śatābde tadaṃśakaḥ ||

دواپر یُگ دو ہزار دیویہ برسوں کا ہے اور اسی طرح اس کا سندھی دو سو برس ہے۔ اس کی سندھیا دو سو برس کہی گئی ہے اور سندھیانش بھی اتنا ہی ہے۔

dvāparamDvāpara (age)
dvāparam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvāpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; युगनाम
dvetwo
dve:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण
sahasretwo thousands
sahasre:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन (dual form)
tuindeed / but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
varṣāṇāmof years
varṣāṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
dvetwo
dve:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण
śatetwo hundreds
śate:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन (dual form)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: likewise/so)
tasyaof it / its
tasya:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
sandhyāthe sandhyā (junction)
sandhyā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsandhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
samākhyātāis called / is designated
samākhyātā:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√khyā (ख्या धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (descriptive predicate: 'is called')
dvetwo
dve:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन
śata-abdein (terms of) hundred-years
śata-abde:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśata-abda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (śatānām abdāḥ → śatābdāḥ; here loc. sg. 'in (a measure of) hundred-years')
tat-aṃśakaḥits portion
tat-aṃśakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottat-aṃśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tasya aṃśakaḥ = its portion)
Didactic narrator detailing yuga durations.

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CosmologyYuga durationsSandhyā periods

FAQs

Decline of an age is measurable yet not fatalistic; the teaching implies that awareness of decline should intensify discipline and right conduct.

Chronological standardization supporting manvantara and vaṃśa accounts.

The shrinking junctions imply reduced ‘buffer zones’ for correction—symbolizing how later cycles allow less margin for error.