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Chapter 12.224 - Verse 28

Sanskrit Text

एतां द्वादशसाहस्रीं युगाख्यां कवयो विदुः सहस्रं परिवृत्तं तद्ब्राह्मं दिवसमुच्यते

English Translation

The learned say that these twelve thousand celestial years from what is celled a cycle. A thousand such cycles form a single day of Brahman.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

एतां | द्वादशसाहस्रीं | युग + आख्या | कवयो | विदुः
सहस्रं | परिवृत्तं | तद् | ब्राह्मं | दिवसम् | उच्यते