Shloka 18
आत्मदर्शन-उपदेशः (Ātma-darśana Upadeśa) — Mind, Senses, and the All-pervading Self
ये ते रात्यहनी पूर्व कीर्तिते जीवलौकिके । तयो: संख्याय वर्षग्रं ब्राह्मे वक्ष्याम्पह:क्षपे
ye te rātryahanī pūrvaṁ kīrtite jīvalaukike | tayoḥ saṅkhyāya varṣāgraṁ brāhme vakṣyāmy ahaḥkṣape ||
毗耶娑说道：“先前就人间所述的昼夜——以其计数为尺度，我如今将宣说梵天（Brahmā）一昼一夜的长短，以及其中所含的年数总计。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse introduces a shift from human-scale time to cosmic-scale time, stating that the previously explained human day-night reckoning will be used as a basis to explain Brahmā’s day and night and the aggregate count of years—preparing for the yuga and kalpa calculations that frame moral and social decline across ages.
Vyāsa continues an instructional discourse in Śānti Parva, transitioning from earlier explanations of time as experienced in the human realm to the larger cosmological framework, announcing that he will now define Brahmā’s day-night measure and related year totals.