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Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom

Verse 20 of 42
SB 3.11.20

सन्ध्यासन्ध्यांशयोरन्तर्यः कालः शतसंख्ययोः तमेवाहुर्युगं तज्ज्ञा यत्र धर्मो विधीयते

sandhyā-sandhyāṁśayor antar yaḥ kālaḥ śata-saṅkhyayoḥ tam evāhur yugaṁ taj-jñā yatra dharmo vidhīyate

Synonyms

sandhyātransitional period before; sandhyā-aṁśayoḥand transitional period after; antaḥwithin; yaḥthat which; kālaḥduration of time; śata-saṅkhyayoḥhundreds of years; tam evathat period; āhuḥthey call; yugammillennium; tat-jñāḥthe expert astronomers; yatrawherein; dharmaḥreligion; vidhīyateis performed..

Translation

The transitional periods before and after every millennium, which are a few hundred years as aforementioned, are known as yuga-sandhyās, or the conjunctions of two millenniums, according to the expert astronomers. In those periods all kinds of religious activities are performed.

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