Text 21] Calculation of Time, from the Atom 423

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sandhya-sandh yamsayor antar
yah kalah sata-sankhyayoh

tam evadhur yugam taj-jia
yatra dharmo vidhiyate

sandhya—transitional period before; sandhyd-amsayoh—and transitional
period after; antah—within; yah—that which; kalah—duration of time; sata-
sankhyayoh—hundreds of years; tam eva—that period; adhuh—they call;
yugam—millennium; tat-jniah—the expert astronomers; yatra—wherein;
dharmah-—religion; vidhiyate—is performed.

TRANSLATION

The transitional periods before and after every millennium, which are a
few hundred years as aforementioned, are known as yuga-sandhyas, 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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dharmas catuspan manujan
krte samanuvartate
sa evanyesv adharmena
vyeti padena vardhata
dharmah-—religion; catuspat—complete four dimensions; manujan—man-
kind; krte—in the Satya-yuga millennium; samanuvartate—properly main-
tained; sah—that; eva—certainly; anyesu—in other; adharmena—by the in-
fluence of irreligion; vyeti—declined; padena—by one part; vardhata—
gradually increasing proportionately.

TRANSLATION
O Vidura, in the Satya-yuga millennium mankind properly and
