Bhagavad Gita · Akshara Brahma YogaAdhyaay 8, Shloka 17 (8.17)
Mool Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद् ब्रह्मणो विदुः
रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः
॥ 8.17 ॥
sahasrayugaparyantamaharyad brahmaṇo viduḥ
rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ
Anuvaad
"Jo log Brahma ke din ko hazaar yugon ka, aur raat ko bhi hazaar yugon ki jaante hain — ve hi (sachche) din-raat ke gyaata hain."
Bhaavaarth
Shankaracharya. Sahasrāṇi yugāni paryantaḥ paryavasānaṃ yasya ahnaḥ — jis din ka ant hazaar yugon mein; brahmaṇaḥ prajāpateḥ virājaḥ — Brahma, Prajapati, Viraat ka; te aho-rātra-vidaḥ kāla-saṃkhyā-vidaḥ — kaal ki ganana jaanne wale; nishkarsh kāla-paricchinnāḥ te ataḥ punar-āvartino lokāḥ — kaal se seemit, isliye lok lautne wale.
Aacharya Ramanuja. Manuṣyādi-caturmukhāntānāṃ mat-saṃkalpa-kṛtāho-rātra-vyavasthā-vidaḥ — manushya se chaturmukh Brahma tak sab ki din-raat vyavastha mere sankalp se bani — ise jaanne wale; brahmaṇaḥ caturmukhasya yat ahaḥ catur-yuga-sahasrāvasānaṃ — chaturmukh Brahma ka din chaar-yug ke hazaar chakron ka.