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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.25.43

नारद उवाच इति तौ दम्पती तत्र समुद्य समयं मिथ: । तां प्रविश्य पुरीं राजन्मुमुदाते शतं समा: ॥ ४३ ॥
nārada uvāca
[naarada uvaacha]
iti tau dam-patī tatra
[iti tau dam-patee tatra]
samudya samayaṁ mithaḥ
[samudya samayam mithah]
tāṁ praviśya purīṁ rājan
[taam pravishya pureem raajan]
mumudāte śataṁ samāḥ
[mumudaate shatam samaah]
nāradaḥ uvāca — the great sage Nārada spoke iti — thus tau — they dam-patī — husband and wife tatra — there samudya — being equally enthusiastic samayam — accepting one another mithaḥ — mutually tām — in that place praviśya — entering purīm — in that city rājan — O King mumudāte — they enjoyed life śatam — one hundred samāḥ — years.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nārada uvāca
nāradaḥ uvāca
the great sage Nārada spoke
iti tau dam-patī tatra
iti
thus
tau
they
dam-patī
husband and wife
tatra
there
samudya samayaṁ mithaḥ
samudya
being equally enthusiastic
samayam
accepting one another
mithaḥ
mutually
tāṁ praviśya purīṁ rājan
tām
in that place
praviśya
entering
purīm
in that city
rājan
O King
mumudāte śataṁ samāḥ
mumudāte
they enjoyed life
śatam
one hundred
samāḥ
years.
The great sage Nārada continued: My dear King, those two — the man and the woman — supporting one another through mutual understanding, entered that city and enjoyed life for one hundred years.

One hundred years is significant in this connection because every human being is given the concession to live up to a hundred years. The span of life is different on different planets, according to the planet’s distance from the sun. In other words, one hundred years on this planet is different from one hundred years on another planet. Lord Brahmā lives for one hundred years according to time on the Brahmaloka planet, but one day of Brahmā is equal to millions of years on this planet. Similarly, the days on the heavenly planets are equal to six months on this planet. On every planet, however, the span of life for a human being is roughly one hundred years. According to the life spans on different planets, the standards of living also differ.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Nārada said: O King! The man and woman, talking and agreeing mutually, entered that city and enjoyed for a hundred years. Samayam samudīrya means speaking an agreement.
The two enjoyed life for a hundred years through mutual understanding. The soul-intelligence pact is a real long collaboration; that doesn't make it the right one.
Reflection Questions
  • Which 'mutual understanding' have I lived under for years that I've never questioned?
  • What does it mean that long durability isn't the same as right alignment?
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