सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद् ब्रह्मणो विदुः | रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ||८-१७||
sahasrayugaparyantamaharyad brahmaṇo viduḥ . rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te.ahorātravido janāḥ ||8-17||
- sahasra
- one thousand
- yuga
- millenniums
- paryantam
- including
- ahaḥ
- day
- yat
- that which
- brahmaṇaḥ
- of Brahmā
- viduḥ
- they know
- rātrim
- night
- yuga
- millenniums
- sahasra-antām
- similarly, ending after one thousand
- te
- they
- ahaḥ-rātra
- day and night
- vidaḥ
- who understand
- janāḥ
- people
By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together form the duration of Brahmā’s one day. And such also is the duration of his night.