Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.12

ayane cahani prahur

vatsaro dvadasa smritah

samvatsara-satam nrinam

paramayur nirupitam

SYNONYMS

ayane -- in the solar movement (of six months); ca -- and; ahani -- a day of the demigods; prahuh -- it is said; vatsarah -- one calendar year; dvadasa -- twelve months; smritah -- is so called; samvatsara-satam -- one hundred years; nrinam -- of human beings; parama-ayuh -- duration of life; nirupitam -- is 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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