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| Canto 3: The Status Quo | Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.20
SYNONYMS
sandhya -- transitional period before; sandhya-amsayoh -- and transitional period after; antah -- within; yah -- that which; kalah -- duration of time; sata-sankhyayoh -- hundreds of years; tam eva -- that period; ahuh -- they call; yugam -- millennium; tat-jnah -- the expert astronomers; yatra -- wherein; dharmah -- religion; vidhiyate -- is performed.
TRANSLATION
The transitional periods before and after every millennium, which are a few hundred years as aforementioned, are known as yuga-sandhyas, or the conjunctions of two millenniums, according to the expert astronomers. In those periods all kinds of religious activities are performed.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness