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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.29.21

సంవత్సరశ్చణ్డవేగ: కాలో యేనోపలక్షిత: । తస్యాహానీహ గన్ధర్వా గన్ధర్వ్యో రాత్రయ: స్మృతా: । హరన్త్యాయు: పరిక్రాన్త్యా షష్ట్యుత్తరశతత్రయమ్ ॥ ౨౧ ॥
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]
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.

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
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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