Text 16] Calculation of Time, from the Atom 419

TEXT 15

7 asTT HIRAI ATA
gaissar fafa safa yaa: |
BeTSTT TT Rati
AA aS BTA AAT TTT NII

yah srjya-saktim urudhocchvasayan svasaktya
pumso’bhramaya divi dhavati bhuta-bhedah

kalakh yaya gunamayam kratubhir vitanvams
tasmai balim harata vatsara-paiicakaya

yah—one who; srjya—of creation; saklim—the seeds; urudha—in
various ways; ucchvasayan—invigorating; svasaktya—by his own energy;
pumsah—of the living entity; abhramaya—to dissipate darkness; divi— during
the daytime; dhavali—moves; bhita-bhedah—distinet from all other mate-
rial form; kala-akhyaya—by the name of eternal time; guna-mayam—the
material results; kratubhih—by offerings; vilanvan—enlarging; lasmai—unto
him; balim—ingredients of offerings; harata—one should offer; vatsara-
paiicakaya—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
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fazer: whe way |
Tat TfaATaTET | eQHeTTS afafse: 112 EI

vidura uvaca
pitr-deva-manusyanam
ayuh param idam smrtam
paresam gatim acaksva
ye syuh kalpad bahir vidah
