🪷 ŚB 3.11.12
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
अयने चाहनी प्राहुर्वत्सरो द्वादश स्मृत: ।
संवत्सरशतं नृणां
परमायुर्निरूपितम् ॥ १२ ॥
Transliteration
ayane cāhanī prāhur
vatsaro dvādaśa smṛtaḥ
saṁvatsara-śataṁ nṝṇāṁ
paramāyur nirūpitam
Synonyms
ayane — in the solar movement (of six months); ca — and; ahanī — a day of the demigods; prāhuḥ — it is said; vatsaraḥ — one calendar year; dvādaśa — twelve months; smṛtaḥ — is so called; saṁvatsara-śatam — one hundred years; nṝṇām — of human beings; parama-āyuḥ — duration of life; nirūpitam — is estimated.
Translation
Two solar movements make one day and night of the demigods, and that combination of day and night is one complete calendar year for the human being. The human being has a duration of life of one hundred years.
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