सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः ।
रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ॥
रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
जो मनुष्य ब्रह्माके एक हज़ार चतुर्युगीवाले एक दिनको और सहस्त्र चतुर्युगीपर्यन्त एक रातको जानते हैं, वे मनुष्य ब्रह्माके दिन और रातको जाननेवाले हैं ॥
English
Those who know that Brahma’s day lasts a thousand yugas, and his night lasts a thousand yugas, know day and night truly.
श्लोक का अर्थ
Some people understand the vast scale of Brahma's day and night. They can see time on a cosmic scale, not just as ordinary human hours.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On Kurukshetra, with Arjuna shaken and the war still paused, Krishna turns from the soul’s freedom to the scale of cosmic time. He describes Brahma’s immense day and night to prepare Arjuna for a teaching about creation, dissolution, and what lies beyond them.
आज के संदर्भ में
You watch a deadline panic swallow the whole week, then remember the project is one cycle inside a much larger life. The pressure loosens when time stops feeling like a cage.
सार
A wider view can calm the mind that feels trapped by immediate time.
शब्दार्थ
सहस्र-युग-पर्यन्तम् (lasting a thousand yugas) / अहः (day) / यत् (which) / ब्रह्मणः (of Brahma) / विदुः (they know) / रात्रिम् (night) / युग-सहस्र-अन्ताम् (ending in a thousand yugas) / ते (they) / अहः-रात्र-विदः (knowers of day and night) / जनाः (people)
यह श्लोक भगवद् गीता अध्याय 8: अक्षर ब्रह्म योग — अक्षर ब्रह्म का योग का भाग है, जिसमें कुल 28 श्लोक हैं।
संबंधित विषय: akshara brahma (12 श्लोक)