विदुर उवाच पितृदेवमनुष्याणामायु: परमिदं स्मृतम् । परेषां गतिमाचक्ष्व ये स्यु:कल्पाद् बहिर्विद: ॥ १६ ॥
vidura uvaca pitr-deva-manusyanam ayuh param idam smrtam paresam gatim acaksva ye syuh kalpad bahir vidah
- vidurah uvaca
- Vidura said
- pitr
- the Pita planes
- deva
- the heavenly planes
- manusyanam
- and that of the human beings
- ayuh
- duration of life
- param
- final
- idam
- in their own measurement
- smrtam
- calculated
- paresam
- of the superior living entities
- gatim
- duration of life
- acaksva
- kindly calculate
- ye
- all those who
- syuh
- are
- kalpat
- from the millennium
- bahih
- outside
- vidah
- greatly learned.
Vidura said: I now understand the life durations of the residents of the Pita planes and heavenly planes as well as that of the human beings. Now kindly inform me of the durations of life of those greatly learned living entities who are beyond the range of a kalpa.