त्रिलोक्या युगसाहस्रं बहिराब्रह्मणो दिनम् । तावत्येव निशा तात यन्निमीलति विश्वसृक् ॥ २२ ॥
tri-lokya yuga-sahasram bahir abrahmano dinam tavaty eva nisa tata yan nimilati visva-srk
- tri-lokyah
- of the three worlds
- yuga
- the four yugas
- sahasram
- one thousand
- bahih
- outside of
- abrahmanah
- up to Brahmaloka
- dinam
- is a day
- tavati
- a similar (period)
- eva
- certainly
- nisa
- is night
- tata
- O dear one
- yat
- because
- nimilati
- goes to sleep
- visva-srk
- Brahma.
Outside of the three planeary systems (Svarga, Martya and Patala), the four yugas multiplied by one thousand comprise one day on the planet of Brahma. A similar period comprises a night of Brahma, in which the creator of the universe goes to sleep.