तथा जन्मनिरोधश्च भूतानामिह दृश्यते
Likewise, the cessation of birth among beings is observed here.
यथा सर्वाणि भूतानां जायन्ते वर्षणेष्विह
Just as all beings are born during the seasons of rainfall here,
यथार्त्तावृतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये
So, in the cycle of seasons, various forms and signs appear and change.
प्रत्याहारे विसर्गे च गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च
In withdrawal and release, there are fixed and moving courses.
ब्रह्माणं सर्वभूतानि महायोगं महेश्वरम्
All beings, Brahma, the great yoga, and the great Lord,
व्यक्तो ऽव्यक्तो महादेवस्तस्य सर्वमिदं जगत्
The manifest and unmanifest, the great god—this entire world belongs to him.
पूर्वं प्रयातेन यथात्वथापस्तेनैव तेनैव तु स्वर्व्रजन्ति
Just as before, by the same path and means, they ascend to heaven.
मर्त्यास्तु देहान्तरभावितत्वाद्रवेर्वशादूर्ध्वमधश्चरन्ति
Mortals, due to the influence of different bodies, move upward or downward according to their actions.
तद्भाविताः ख्यातिवशाश्च धर्म्याः पुनर्विसर्गेण भवन्ति सत्त्वाः
Those influenced by that, and by the force of reputation, the righteous beings are born again through release.
मन्वन्तराणि यानि स्युर्व्याख्यातानि मया द्विजाः
The cycles of Manus that exist have been explained by me, O twice-born.
सा युगाख्या सहस्रं तु सर्वाण्येवान्तराणि वै
That which is called a yuga, a thousand, all are indeed intervals.
एतद्ब्राह्ममहर्ज्ञेयं तस्य सख्यां निबोधत
This is the day of Brahma; understand its measure, O friends.
मानुषाक्षिनिमेषास्तु काष्ठा पञ्चदश स्मृताः
Fifteen 'kāṣṭhās' are remembered as the blink of a human eye.
प्रस्था सप्तो दकाश्चैव साधिकाक्तु लवः स्मृतः
Seven 'prasthās' and ten 'dakās', and a little more, are called a 'lava'.
मुहूर्त्तास्तु पुनस्त्रिंशदहोरात्रमिति स्थितिः
Thirty 'muhūrtas' make up a day and night; thus is its duration.
ताश्चैव संख्याया ज्ञेयाश्चन्द्रादित्यगतिर्यथा
These numbers should be known, as is the movement of the moon and sun.
त्रिंशत्कला मुहूर्त्तं तु दशभागं कला स्मृतम्
Thirty kalās make one muhūrta, and a tenth part of a kalā is known as a daśabhāga.
मुहूर्त्ताश्च लवाश्चापि प्रमाणज्ञैः प्रकल्पिताः
Muhūrtas and lavās have also been determined by those who are skilled in measurement.
मागधेनैव मानेन जलप्रस्थो विधीयते
By the Māgadha standard of measurement, a jalaprastha is prescribed.
हेममाषैः कृतच्छिद्रश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरङ्गुलैः
A vessel made with a hole and four māṣas of gold, measuring four aṅgulas, is used.
रवेर्गतिविशेषेण सर्वेष्वेतेषु नित्यशः
According to the particular movement of the sun, all these are always regulated.
तदहर्मानुषं ज्ञेयं नाक्षत्रं तु दशाधिकम्
That day is to be understood as human, while the nakṣatra day is ten times greater.
एतद्दिव्यमहोरात्रमिति शास्त्रविनिश्चयः
This is the divine day and night, as established by the scriptures.
तदा बद्धमिदं ज्ञानं संज्ञया ह्युपलक्षितम्
Thus, this knowledge has been fixed and designated by its proper terminology.
यदहो ब्रह्मणः प्रोक्तं दिव्या कोटी तु सा स्मृता
What is called a day of Brahmā is said to be a crore of divine days.
नवतिं च सहस्राणि तथैवान्यानि यानि तु
And likewise, there are ninety thousand more, as has been stated.
संख्यासंभजनं ज्ञानमपृच्छन्सुतरां तदा
At that time, they earnestly inquired about the knowledge of the reckoning of numbers.
मानेन श्रोतुमिच्छामः संक्षेपार्थपादाक्षरम्
We wish to hear, by means of measurement, the concise meaning, word by word.
संक्षेपाद्दिव्यचक्षुष्ट्वा त्प्रोवाच वचनं प्रभुः
Then, with divine vision, the Lord spoke these words in brief.
तासां संख्याथ वर्षाग्रं ब्राह्मे वक्ष्याम्यहःक्षये
Now I shall declare the number of those years at the end of a day of Brahmā.