Learn·Chapter 8 · The imperishable Brahman·Verse 17 of 28
Bhagavad Gītā 8.17, word by word
BG 8.17
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः। रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः
sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ
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In English
Those who understand the cosmic day and night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
Those who know the day of Brahma, which lasts a thousand Yugas, and the night, which also lasts a thousand Yugas, know day and night.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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