416 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 11
tayoh samuccayo masah
pitrnam tad aharnisam
dvau tav rtuh sad ayanam
daksinam cottaram divi
tayoh—of them; samuccayah —aggregate; masah—month; pitrnam—of the
Pita planets; tat—that (month); ahah-nigam—day and night; dvau—two;
tau—months; rtuh—a season; sat—six; ayanam—movement of the sun
in six months; daksinam—southern; ca—also; uttaram—northern; divi—in
the heavens.
TRANSLATION
The aggregate of two fortnights is one month, and that period is one
complete day and night for the Pita planets. Two of such months comprise
one season, and six months comprise one complete movement of the sun
from south to north.
TEXT 12
AIT Ae MEAT AAT VAT: |
areas | at TAGE TTT URI
ayane cahani prahur
vatsaro duddasga smrtah
samvatsara-Satam nfnam
paramayur niritpitam
ayane—in the solar movement (of six months); ca—and; ahani—a day of
the demigods; prahuh—it is said; vatsarah—one calendar year; dvadaga—
twelve months; smytah—is so called; samvatsara-satam—one hundred years;
nfnam—of human beings; parama-ayuh—duration of life; niripitam—is
estimated.
TRANSLATION
Two solar movements make one day and night of the demigods, and
that combination of day and night is one complete calendar year for the
human being. The human being has a duration of life of one hundred
years.
