### SB 4.29.21

> संवत्सरश्चण्डवेगः कालो येनोपलक्षितः ।\
> तस्याहानीह गन्धर्वा गन्धर्व्यो रात्रयः स्मृताः ।\
> हरन्त्यायुः परिक्रान्त्या षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयम् ॥२१॥

> saṁvatsaraś caṇḍavegaḥ\
> kālo yenopalakṣitaḥ\
> tasyāhānīha gandharvā\
> gandharvyo rātrayaḥ smṛtāḥ\
> haranty āyuḥ parikrāntyā\
> ṣaṣṭy-uttara-śata-trayam

*saṁvatsaraḥ*—year; *caṇḍa-vegaḥ*—called Caṇḍavega; *kālaḥ*—time; *yena*—by which; *upalakṣitaḥ*—symbolized; *tasya*—of the duration of life; *ahāni*—days; *iha*—in this life; *gandharvāḥ*—Gandharvas; *gandharvyaḥ*—Gandharvīs; *rātrayaḥ*—nights; *smṛtāḥ*—are understood; *haranti*—they take away; *āyuḥ*—duration of life; *parikrāntyā*—by traveling; *ṣaṣṭhi*—sixty; *uttara*—above; *śata*—hundred; *trayam*—three.

**What was previously explained as Caṇḍavega, powerful time, is covered by days and nights, named Gandharvas and Gandharvīs. The body's life-span is gradually reduced by the passage of days and nights, which number 360.**

The word parikrāntyā means "by traveling." The living entity travels on his chariot day and night during a year consisting of 360 (or more) days and nights. Life's progress is taken for the unnecessary labor required to cover these 360 days and nights of life.