Calculations
Calculations
They are going to, trying to go to the moon planet but according to our calculation
they have never gone to the moon planet. They have never gone because, we
find in the sastras,
Ch8 TEXT 17
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदु: ।
रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जना: ॥ १७ ॥
sahasra-yuga-paryantam
ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ
rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ
te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ
Synonyms
sahasra — one thousand; yuga — millenniums; paryantam —
including; ahaḥ — day; yat — that which; brahmaṇaḥ — of
Brahmā; viduḥ — they know; rātrim — night; yuga —
millenniums; sahasra-antām — similarly, ending after one
thousand; te — they; ahaḥ-rātra — day and night; vidaḥ — who
understand; janāḥ — people.
Translation
By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together
form the duration of Brahmā’s one day. And such also is
the duration of his night.