10 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 6

another. This world is a relative world, and its relative moments of time
are different. Thus the one hundred years of Brahma are not the same as
the one hundred years of a human being. From Bhagavad-gita we
understand that Brahma’s daytime of twelve hours equals 4,300,000
times 1,000 years (sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmano
viduh). Thus the varsa-Satam, or one hundred years, are relatively dif-
ferent according to time, person and circumstances. As far as human
beings are concerned, the calculation given here is right for the general
public. Although one has a maximum of one hundred years of life, by
sleeping one loses fifty years. Eating, sleeping, sex life and fear are the
four bodily necessities, but to utilize the full duration of life a person
desiring to advance in spiritual consciousness must reduce these ac-
tivities. That will give him an opportunity to fully use his lifetime.

TEXT 7

BT TEA RA HST atta aA: |
WN Wea sevacta Fafa: ot

mugdhasya bdlye kaisore
kridato yati virnsatih

Jaraya grasta-dehasya
yaty akalpasya vimsatih

mugdhasya—of a person bewildered or not in perfect knowledge;
balye—in childhood; kaisore—in boyhood; kridatah—playing; yati—
passes; vimnsatih—twenty years; jarayad—by invalidity; grasta-
dehasya—of a person overcome; ydati—passes; akalpasya—without
determination, being unable to execute even material activities;
virnsatih —another twenty years.

TRANSLATION

In the tender age of childhood, when everyone is bewildered,
one passes ten years. Similarly, in boyhood, engaged in sporting
and playing, one passes another ten years. In this way, twenty years
are wasted. Similarly, in old age, when one is an invalid, unable to
