Bhagavad Gita 8.17 meaningWhat lasts beyond death
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“A single day of the Creator lasts thousands and thousands of years.”
What it means
“Those who understand cosmic time know that a single day of the Creator lasts a thousand ages, and his night lasts another thousand.”
The original Sanskrit
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद् ब्रह्मणो विदुः । रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ॥
sahasrayugaparyantamaharyad brahmaṇo viduḥ rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te.ahorātravido janāḥ
Translations
Literal translation
Those poeple who are knowers of what day and night are, know the day of Brahma which ends in a thousand yugas, and His night which ends in a thousand yugas.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
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 र ात्रि को जानते हैं वे दिन और रात्रि को जानने वाले पुरुष हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
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