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BG 8.17 — 8.17 Those people who know the day of Brahma which is of a duration of a thousand Yugas (ages) and the night which is also of a thousand Yugas duration, th | Live Gita
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सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद् ब्रह्मणो विदुः |
रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ||८-१७||

sahasrayugaparyantamaharyad brahmaṇo viduḥ . rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te.ahorātravido janāḥ ||8-17||


।।8.17।। जो लोग ब्रह्मा जी के एक दिन की अवधि जानते हैं जो कि सहस्र वर्ष की है तथा एक सहस्र वर्ष की अवधि की एक रात्रि को जानते हैं वे दिन और रात्रि को जानने वाले पुरुष हैं।।

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8.17 सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तम् ending in a thousand Yugas (ages)? अहः day? यत् which? ब्रह्मणः of Brahma? विदुः know? रात्रिम् the night? युगसहस्रान्ताम् ending in a thousand Yugas (ages)? ते they? अहोरात्रविदः knowers of day and night? जनाः people.Commentary Day means evolution or projection or manifestation of the universe. Night means involution of the universe or Pralaya. The worlds are limited or conditioned in time. Therefore they return again. The world of Brahma (Brahmaloka or Sattyaloka) is als

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।8.17।।ब्रह्मलोकसहित समस्त लोक पुनरावर्ती किस कारणसे हैं कालसे परिच्छिन्न हैं इसलिये कालसे परिच्छिन्न कैसे हैं --, ब्रह्मा -- प्रजापति अर्थात् विराट्के एक दिनको एक सहस्रयुगकी अवधिवाला अर्थात् जिसका एक सहस्रयुगमें अन्त हो ऐसा समझते हैं। तथा ब्रह्माकी रात्रिको भी सहस्रयुगकी अवधिवाली अर्थात् दिनके बराबर ही समझते हैं। ऐसा कौन समझते हैं सो कहते हैं -- वे दिन और रातके तत्त्वको जाननेवाले अर्थात् कालके परिमाणको जाननेवाले योगीजन ऐसा जानते हैं। इस प्रकार कालसे परिच्छिन्न होनेके कारण वे सभी लोक पुनरावृत्तिवाले हैं।

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Swami Gambirananda

8.17 Those poeple who are knowers of what day and night are, know the day of Brahma which ends in a thousand yugas [The four yugas (in the human worlds), viz Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali are made up of 4,320,000 years. This period multiplied by a thousand constitutes one day of Brahma. His night also extends over an eal period. See M.S. and V.S.A.], and His night which ends in a thousand yugas.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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