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.
द्वात्रिंशच्च तथा कोट्यः संख्याताः संख्यया द्विजैः
And thirty-two crores have been counted by the twice-born, according to calculation.
अशीतिश्च सहस्राणि एष कालः प्लवस्य तु
And there are eighty thousand; this is the duration of the deluge.
महाभूतषु लीयन्त प्रजाः सर्वाश्चतुर्विधाः
All beings of four kinds dissolve into the great elements.
सलिलेनाप्लुते लोके नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे
When the world is flooded with water, all that is stationary and moving is destroyed.
निरालोके प्रदग्धे तु नैशेन तमसा वृते
When all was consumed and enveloped by the darkness of night, with no light remaining,
तावदेकार्मवे ज्ञेयं यावदासीदहः प्रभोः
Only a single day of the Lord is to be understood as lasting for that period.
अहोरात्रस्तथैवास्य क्रमेण परिवर्तते
Day and night, in this way, alternate for him in succession.
त्रैलोक्ये यानि सत्त्वानि गतिमन्तिध्रुवाणि च
All beings in the three worlds, both those with movement and those that are fixed,
अतीता वर्तमानाश्च तथैवानागताः प्रजाः
The past, present, and likewise the future generations,
परार्द्धं द्विगुणं चापि परमायुः प्रकीर्त्ततम्
The supreme lifespan is declared to be a parārdha, and even twice that.
स्थित्यन्तं प्रतिसर्गश्च ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः
The duration, the end, and the dissolution of Brahmā, the supreme lord,
तथैव प्रतिसर्गेण ब्रह्मा समुपशाम्यति
In the same way, with each dissolution, Brahmā comes to rest.
महत्प्रलीयते व्यक्ते गुणसाम्यं ततो भवेत्
The great principle dissolves into the manifest, and then the equilibrium of qualities arises.
समासेन समाख्यातो भूयः किं वर्मयामि वः
This has been briefly explained; what more shall I declare to you?
कीर्त्तयेद्वर्णयेद्वापि महतीं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्
Whoever recites or narrates this attains great accomplishment.
धर्मा वैशेषिकाश्चैव आचीर्णाः सूक्ष्मदर्शिभिः
The particular duties have been practiced by those who perceive the subtle.
चतुर्दशैते मनवः कीर्तिताः कीर्तिवर्द्धनाः
These fourteen Manus have been proclaimed, increasing fame.
देवाश्च ऋषयश्चैव मनवः पितरस्तथा
The gods, the sages, the Manus, and likewise the ancestors,
ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैर्धार्मिकैः सहितैः सरैः
Along with the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and all the righteous,
विनिवृत्ताधिकारास्ते यावन्मन्वन्तरक्षयः
Their authority ceases when the Manvantara comes to an end.