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Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom

Verse 12 of 42
SB 3.11.12

अयने चाहनी प्राहुर्वत्सरो द्वादश स्मृतः संवत्सरशतं नॄणां परमायुर्निरूपितम्

ayane cāhanī prāhur vatsaro dvādaśa smṛtaḥ saṁvatsara-śataṁ nṝṇāṁ paramāyur nirūpitam

Synonyms

ayanein the solar movement (of six months); caand; ahanīa day of the demigods; prāhuḥit is said; vatsaraḥone calendar year; dvādaśatwelve months; smṛtaḥis so called; saṁvatsara-śatamone hundred years; nṝṇāmof human beings; parama-āyuḥduration of life; nirūpitamis estimated..

Translation

Two solar movements make one day and night of the demigods, and that combination of day and night is one complete calendar year for the human being. The human being has a duration of life of one hundred years.

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