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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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श्राद्धस्य च विधिं ब्रह्मन्पित्णां सर्गमेव च ग्रहनक्षत्रताराणां कालावयवसंस्थितिम्
śrāddhasya ca vidhiṁ brahman pitṝṇāṁ sargam eva ca graha-nakṣatra-tārāṇāṁ kālāvayava-saṁsthitim
WORD BY WORD
śrāddhasya of the periodical offerings of respects; ca also; vidhim regulations; brahman O brāhmaṇa; pitṝṇām of the forefathers; sargam creation; eva as; ca also; graha planetary system; nakṣatra the stars; tārāṇām luminaries; kāla time; avayava duration; saṁsthitim situations.;
TRANSLATION
| Please also explain the regulations for offering respects to the forefathers, the creation of the Pitṛloka, the time schedule in the planets, stars and luminaries, and their respective situations.
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PURPORT
| The time durations of day and night as well as months and years are different in the different planets, stars and luminaries. The higher planets like the moon and Venus have time measurements different from those of the earth. It is said that six months of this planet earth equal one day of the higher planets. In Bhagavad-gītā the duration of one day in Brahmaloka is measured to be 1,000 times the four yugas, or 4,300,000 years multiplied by 1,000. And the month and year in Brahmaloka are calculated in that measure.
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