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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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लघूनि वै समाम्नाता दश पञ्च च नाडिका ते द्वे मुहूर्तः प्रहरः षड्यामः सप्त वा नृणाम्
laghūni vai samāmnātā daśa pañca ca nāḍikā te dve muhūrtaḥ praharaḥ ṣaḍ yāmaḥ sapta vā nṛṇām
WORD BY WORD
laghūni such laghus (each of two minutes); vai exactly; samāmnātā is called; daśa pañca fifteen; ca also; nāḍikā a nāḍikā; te of them; dve two; muhūrtaḥ a moment; praharaḥ three hours; ṣaṭ six; yāmaḥ one fourth of a day or night; sapta seven; vā or; nṛṇām of human calculation.;
TRANSLATION
| Fifteen laghus make one nāḍikā, which is also called a daṇḍa. Two daṇḍas make one muhūrta, and six or seven daṇḍas make one fourth of a day or night, according to human calculation.
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PURPORT
| This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.
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