Chapter 8, Verse 17
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः। रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
sahasrayugaparyantamaharyadbrahmaṇo viduḥ। rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ॥8.17॥
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- सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तम्
- lasting a thousand yugas (ages)
- अहः
- a day
- यत्
- which
- ब्रह्मणः
- of Brahma
- विदुः
- they know
- रात्रिम्
- the night
- युगसहस्रान्ताम्
- ending after a thousand yugas
- ते
- they
- अहोरात्रविदः
- who know the (true nature of the) day and night
- जनाः
- people
Commentary
17. They — those people who know day and night — know that the day of Brahma is a thousand yugas long and the night is a thousand yogas long.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तम्
अहः
यत्
ब्रह्मणः
विदुः
रात्रिम्
युगसहस्रान्ताम्
ते
अहोरात्रविदः
जनाः
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