SB 3.11.20

TEXT 20

TEXT

सन्ध्यासन्ध्यांशयोरन्तर् यः कालः शतसङ्ख्ययोः ।
तमेवाहुर्युगं तज्ज्ञा यत्र धर्मो विधीयते ॥ २० ॥

sandhya-sandhyamsayor antar

yah kalah sata-saṅkhyayoh

tam evahur yugam taj-jna

yatra dharmo vidhiyate

sandhya-transitional period before; sandhya-amsayoh-and transitional period after; antah-within; yah-that which; kalah-duration of time; sata-saṅkhyayoh-hundreds of years; tam eva-that period; ahuh-they call; yugam-millennium; tat-jnah-the expert astronomers; yatra-wherein; dharmah-religion; vidhiyate-is performed.

TRANSLATION

The transitional periods before and after every millennium, which are a few hundred years as aforementioned, are known as yuga-sandhyas, or the conjunctions of two millenniums, according to the expert astronomers. In those periods all kinds of religious activities are performed.

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