सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः ।रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ॥
sahasrayugaparyantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ | rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te 'horātravido janāḥ ||
- सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तम् · sahasrayugaparyantam
- lasting a thousand ages
- अहः · ahaḥ
- day
- यत् · yat
- which
- ब्रह्मणः · brahmaṇaḥ
- of Brahma
- विदुः · viduḥ
- know
- रात्रिम् · rātrim
- night
- युगसहस्रान्ताम् · yugasahasrāntām
- ending after a thousand ages
- अहोरात्रविदः · ahorātravidaḥ
- knowers of day and night
- जनाः · janāḥ
- people
“Those who know that the day of Brahma lasts a thousand ages, and his night ends after a thousand ages — they are the knowers of day and night.”
— Original plain-language translation
Cosmic time is stretched to its vastest traditional scale to make return intelligible. A day of Brahma spans the whole cycling of worlds. True knowing here means grasping how deep time really runs.
— Reader's notes (original)