सन्ध्यासन्ध्यांशयोरन्तर्य: काल: शतसंख्ययो: । तमेवाहुर्युगं तज्ज्ञा यत्र धर्मो विधीयते ॥ २० ॥
sandhya-sandhyamsayor antar yah kalah sata-sankhyayoh 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-sankhyayoh
- hundreds of years
- tam eva
- that period
- ahuh
- they call
- yugam
- millennium
- tat-jnah
- the expert astronomers
- yatra
- wherein
- dharmah
- religion
- vidhiyate
- is performed.
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.