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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.29.21
samvatsaraś candavegah
kālo yenopalakshitah
tasyāhānīha gandharvā
haranty āyuh parikrāntyā
SYNONYMS
samvatsarah — year; canda-vegah — called Candavega; kālah — time; yena — by which; upalakshitah — symbolized; tasya — of the duration of life; ahāni — days; iha — in this life; gandharvāh — Gandharvas; gandharvyah — Gandharvīs; rātrayah — nights; smritāh — are understood; haranti — they take away; āyuh — duration of life; parikrāntyā — by traveling; shashti — sixty; uttara — above; śata — hundred; trayam — three.
TRANSLATION
What was previously explained as Candavega, powerful time, is covered by days and nights, named Gandharvas and Gandharvīs. The body's life-span is gradually reduced by the passage of days and nights, which number 360.
PURPORT
The word parikrāntyā means "by traveling." The living entity travels on his chariot day and night during a year consisting of 360 (or more) days and nights. Life's progress is taken for the unnecessary labor required to cover these 360 days and nights of life.
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