Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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संवत्सरश्चण्डवेग: कालो येनोपलक्षित: ।
तस्याहानीह गन्धर्वा गन्धर्व्यो रात्रय: स्मृता: ।
हरन्त्यायु: परिक्रान्त्या षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयम् ॥ २१ ॥

saṁvatsaraś caṇḍavegaḥ
kālo yenopalakṣitaḥ
tasyāhānīha gandharvā
gandharvyo rātrayaḥ smṛtāḥ
haranty āyuḥ parikrāntyā
ṣaṣṭy-uttara-śata-trayam

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

What was previously explained as Caṇḍavega, powerful time, is covered by days and nights, named Gandharvas and Gandharvīs. The body’s life span is gradually reduced by the passage of days and nights, which number 360.

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