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Calculation of Time, from the Atom
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संध्यासंध्यांशयोरन्तर्यः कालः शतसंख्ययोः । तमेवाहुर्युगं तज्ज्ञा यत्र धर्मो विधीयते ॥२०॥
sandhyā-sandhyāmśayor antar yaḥ kālaḥ śata-saṅkhyayoḥ tam evāhur yugam taj-jñā yatra dharmo vidhīyate
sandhyā —transitional period before;  sandhyā-amśayoḥ —and transitional period after;  antaḥ —within;  yaḥ —that which;  kālaḥ —duration of time;  śata-saṅkhyayoḥ —hundreds of years;  tam eva —that period;  āhuḥ —they call;  yugam —millennium;  tat-jñāḥ —the expert astronomers;  yatra —wherein;  dharmaḥ —religion;  vidhīyate —is performed.
TRANSLATION
The transitional periods before and after every millennium, which are a few hundred years as aforementioned, are known as yuga-sandhyās, or the conjunctions of two millenniums, according to the expert astronomers. In those periods all kinds of religious activities are performed.
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धर्मश्चतुष्पान्मनुजान् कृते समनुवर्तते । स एवान्येष्वधर्मेण व्येति पादेन वर्धता ॥२१॥
dharmaś catuṣpān manujān kṛte samanuvartate sa evānyeṣv adharmeṇa vyeti pādena vardhatā
dharmaḥ —religion;  catuṣpāt —complete four dimensions;  manujān —mankind;  kṛte —in the Satya-yuga millennium;  samanuvartate —properly maintained;  saḥ —that;  eva —certainly;  anyeṣu —in other;  adharmeṇa —by the influence of irreligion;  vyeti —declined;  pādena —by one part;  vardhatā —gradually increasing proportionately.
TRANSLATION
O Vidura, in the Satya-yuga millennium mankind properly and