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Calculation of Time, from the Atom
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TEXT 15
यः सृज्यशक्तिमुरुधोच्छ्वसयन् स्वशक्त्या पुंसोऽभ्रमाय दिवि धावति भूतभेदः । कालाख्यया गुणमयं क्रतुभिर्वितन्वं- स्तस्मै बलिं हरत वत्सरपञ्चकाय ॥१५॥
yaḥ sṛjya-śaktim urudhocchvasayan svaśaktyā puṁso'bhramāya divi dhāvati bhūta-bhedaḥ kālākh yayā guṇamayaṁ kratubhir vitanvaṁs tasmai baliṁ harata vatsara-pañcakāya
yaḥ —one who;  sṛjya —of creation;  śaktim —the seeds;  urudhā —in various ways;  ucchvasayan —invigorating;  svaśaktyā —by his own energy;  puṁsaḥ —of the living entity;  abhramāya —to dissipate darkness;  divi —during the daytime;  dhāvati —moves;  bhūta-bhedaḥ —distinct from all other material form;  kāla-ākh yayā —by the name of eternal time;  guṇa-mayam —the material results;  kratubhiḥ —by offerings;  vitanvan —enlarging;  tasmai —unto him;  balim —ingredients of offerings;  harata —one should offer;  vatsara-pañcakāya —offerings every five years.
TRANSLATION
O Vidura, the sun enlivens all living entities with his unlimited heat and light. He diminishes the duration of life of all living entities in order to release them from their illusion of material attachment, and he enlarges the path of elevation to the heavenly kingdom. He thus moves in the firmament with great velocity, and therefore everyone should offer him respects once every five years with all ingredients of worship.
TEXT 16
विदुर उवाच पितृदेवमनुष्याणामायुः परमिदं स्मृतम् । परेषां गतिमाचक्ष्य ये स्युःकल्पाद् बहिर्विदः ॥१६॥
vidura uvāca pitṛ-deva-manuṣyāṇām āyuḥ param idaṁ smṛtam pareṣāṁ gatim ācakṣva ye syuḥ kalpād bahir vidaḥ