Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.29.21
संवत्सरश्चण्डवेग: कालो येनोपलक्षित: ।
तस्याहानीह गन्धर्वा गन्धर्व्यो रात्रय: स्मृता: ।
हरन्त्यायु: परिक्रान्त्या षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयम् ॥ २१ ॥
saṁvatsaraś caṇḍavegaḥ
[samvatsarash chandavegah]
kālo yenopalakṣitaḥ
[kaalo yenopalakshitah]
tasyāhānīha gandharvā
[tasyaahaaneeha gandharvaa]
gandharvyo rātrayaḥ smṛtāḥ
[gandharvyo raatrayah smritaah]
haranty āyuḥ parikrāntyā
[haranty aayuh parikraantyaa]
ṣaṣṭy-uttara-śata-trayam
[shashty-uttara-shata-trayam]
Word-for-word
saṁvatsaraḥ
—
year
caṇḍa-vegaḥ
—
called Caṇḍavega
kālaḥ
—
time
yena
—
by which
upalakṣitaḥ
—
symbolized
tasya
—
of the duration of life
ahāni
—
days
iha
—
in this life
gandharvāḥ
—
Gandharvas
gandharvyaḥ
—
Gandharvīs
rātrayaḥ
—
nights
smṛtāḥ
—
are understood
haranti
—
they take away
āyuḥ
—
duration of life
parikrāntyā
—
by traveling
ṣaṣṭi
—
sixty
uttara
—
above
śata
—
hundred
trayam
—
three.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
saṁvatsaraś caṇḍavegaḥ
saṁvatsaraḥ
year
caṇḍa-vegaḥ
called Caṇḍavega
kālo yenopalakṣitaḥ
kālaḥ
time
yena
by which
upalakṣitaḥ
symbolized
tasya
of the duration of life
ahāni
days
tasyāhānīha gandharvā
iha
in this life
gandharvāḥ
Gandharvas
gandharvyo rātrayaḥ smṛtāḥ
gandharvyaḥ
Gandharvīs
rātrayaḥ
nights
smṛtāḥ
are understood
haranty āyuḥ parikrāntyā
haranti
they take away
āyuḥ
duration of life
parikrāntyā
by traveling
ṣaṣṭy-uttara-śata-trayam
ṣaṣṭi
sixty
uttara
above
śata
hundred
trayam
three.
What was previously explained as Caṇḍavega, powerful time, is covered by days and nights, named Gandharvas and Gandharvīs. The body’s life span is gradually reduced by the passage of days and nights, which number 360.
Purport
The word parikrāntyā means “by traveling.” The living entity travels on his chariot day and night during a year consisting of 360 (or more) days and nights. Life’s progress is taken for the unnecessary labor required to cover these 360 days and nights of life.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Caṇḍavega is the year by which time is perceived. The Gandharvas are the days and the female Gandharvas are the nights. By the rotation of 360 days and nights the life span decreases.
Parikrāntyā means rotating.
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Personal Guidance
Caṇḍavega is time, covered by Gandharva-days and Gandharvī-nights, 360 of each. Time is composed of named units; each day is a soldier.
Reflection Questions
- Have I let myself feel that each day is a distinct unit in a year-long campaign?
- Where would treating today as a named soldier change my use of it?
My note
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