Shloka 35
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तु संपूर्णाः संख्याताः संख्यया द्विज ।
सत्पषष्ठिस्तथान्यानि नियुतानि च संख्यया ॥
triṃśat-koṭyas tu saṃpūrṇāḥ saṃkhyātāḥ saṃkhyayā dvija | sat-paṣaṣṭis tathā anyāni niyutāni ca saṃkhyayā ||
Hỡi bậc nhị sinh, tổng cộng là ba mươi koṭi trọn vẹn, và còn thêm sáu mươi sáu niyuta (theo cách đếm số).
FAQs
The Purāṇa uses vast numeration to expand perspective beyond a single lifespan, encouraging long-view responsibility and reverence for cosmic law.
Manvantara: it supplies the quantitative measure of a Manu-period, a standard Purāṇic characteristic.
Large-number language functions as ‘awe pedagogy’: it dissolves egoic immediacy and points the mind toward the immeasurable (ananta) underlying measurable time.