संवत्सरश्चण्डवेग: कालो येनोपलक्षित: । तस्याहानीह गन्धर्वा गन्धर्व्यो रात्रय: स्मृता: । हरन्त्यायु: परिक्रान्त्या षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयम् ॥ २१ ॥
samvatsaras candavegah kalo yenopalaksitah tasyahaniha gandharva gandharvyo ratrayah smrtah haranty ayuh parikrantya sasty-uttara-sata-trayam
- samvatsarah
- year
- canda-vegah
- called Candavega
- kalah
- time
- yena
- by which
- upalaksitah
- symbolized
- tasya
- of the duration of life
- ahani
- days
- iha
- in this life
- gandharvah
- Gandharvas
- gandharvyah
- Gandharvis
- ratrayah
- nights
- smrtah
- are understood
- haranti
- they take away
- ayuh
- duration of life
- parikrantya
- by traveling
- sasti
- sixty
- uttara
- above
- sata
- hundred
- trayam
- three.
What was previously explained as Candavega, powerful time, is covered by days and nights, named Gandharvas and Gandharvis. The body’s life-span is gradually reduced by the passage of days and nights, which number 360.