Shloka 35
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
विना चायनविज्ञानात् कालः संवत्सरः कुतः ।
संवत्सरं विना नान्यत् कालज्ञानं प्रवर्तते ॥
vinā cāyanavijñānāt kālaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ kutaḥ |
saṃvatsaraṃ vinā nānyat kālajñānaṃ pravartate ||
Và nếu không biết các ayana, làm sao có thể có đơn vị thời gian gọi là “năm”? Không có năm, mọi tri thức khác về thời gian cũng không thể vận hành đúng đắn.
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FAQs
The verse ranks temporal cognition: higher-order stability (year) depends on correctly apprehending foundational cycles (ayanas). Ethically, it implies that disciplined observation and tradition-based reckoning are prerequisites for orderly communal and ritual life.
Supports Manvantara/chronological material by emphasizing the year as a necessary unit for larger time-reckonings used in Purāṇic history, genealogies, and cosmic cycles.
Ayana can symbolize ‘direction’ or ‘course’ of consciousness. Without knowing one’s inner course, the ‘year’—a complete cycle of maturation—cannot be formed; without that, subtler timing (right season for action) fails.