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संवत्सरश्चण्डवेगः कालो येनोपलक्षितः ।
तस्याहानीह गन्धर्वा गन्धर्व्यो रात्रयः स्मृताः ।
हरन्त्यायुः परिक्रान्त्या षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयम् ॥ २१ ॥

samvatsaras canda-vegah

kalo yenopalaksitah

tasyahaniha gandharva

gandharvyo ratrayah smrtah

haranty ayuh parikrantya

sasty-uttara-sata-trayam

samvatsarah-year; canda-vegah-called Candavega; kalah-time; yena-by which; upalaksitah-symbolized; tasya-of the duration of life; ahani-days; iha-in this life; gandharvah-Gandharvas; gandharvyah-Gandharvis; ratrayah-nights; smrtah-are understood; haranti-they take away; ayuh-duration of life; parikrantya-by traveling; sasti-sixty; uttara-above; sata-hundred; trayam-three.