Srimad Bhagavatam

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त्रसरेणुत्रिकं भुङ्क्ते यः कालः स त्रुटिः स्मृतः । शतभागस्तु वेधः स्यात्तैस्त्रिभिस्तु लवः स्मृतः ।। ३-११-६ ।।

sanskrit

The time duration needed for the integration of three trasareṇus is called a truṭi, and one hundred truṭis make one vedha. Three vedhas make one lava. ।। 3-11-6 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

trasareNutrikaM bhuGkte yaH kAlaH sa truTiH smRtaH | zatabhAgastu vedhaH syAttaistribhistu lavaH smRtaH || 3-11-6 ||

hk transliteration

निमेषस्त्रिलवो ज्ञेय आम्नातस्ते त्रयः क्षणः । क्षणान् पञ्च विदुः काष्ठां लघु ता दश पञ्च च ।। ३-११-७ ।।

sanskrit

The duration of time of three lavas is equal to one nimeṣa, the combination of three nimeṣas makes one kṣaṇa, five kṣaṇas combined together make one kāṣṭhā, and fifteen kāṣṭhās make one laghu. ।। 3-11-7 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

nimeSastrilavo jJeya AmnAtaste trayaH kSaNaH | kSaNAn paJca viduH kASThAM laghu tA daza paJca ca || 3-11-7 ||

hk transliteration

लघूनि वै समाम्नाता दश पञ्च च नाडिका । ते द्वे मुहूर्तः प्रहरः षड्यामः सप्त वा नृणाम् ।। ३-११-८ ।।

sanskrit

Fifteen laghus make one nāḍikā, which is also called a daṇḍa. Two daṇḍas make one muhūrta, and six or seven daṇḍas make one fourth of a day or night, according to human calculation. ।। 3-11-8 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

laghUni vai samAmnAtA daza paJca ca nADikA | te dve muhUrtaH praharaH SaDyAmaH sapta vA nRNAm || 3-11-8 ||

hk transliteration

द्वादशार्धपलोन्मानं चतुर्भिश्चतुरङ्गुलैः । स्वर्णमाषैः कृतच्छिद्रं यावत्प्रस्थजलप्लुतम् ।। ३-११-९ ।।

sanskrit

The measuring pot for one nāḍikā, or daṇḍa, can be prepared with a six-pala-weight [fourteen ounce] pot of copper, in which a hole is bored with a gold probe weighing four māṣa and measuring four fingers long. When the pot is placed on water, the time before the water overflows in the pot is called one daṇḍa. ।। 3-11-9 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

dvAdazArdhapalonmAnaM caturbhizcaturaGgulaiH | svarNamASaiH kRtacchidraM yAvatprasthajalaplutam || 3-11-9 ||

hk transliteration

यामाश्चत्वारश्चत्वारो मर्त्यानामहनी उभे । पक्षः पञ्चदशाहानि शुक्लः कृष्णश्च मानद ।। ३-११-१० ।।

sanskrit

It is calculated that there are four praharas, which are also called yāmas, in the day and four in the night of the human being. Similarly, fifteen days and nights are a fortnight, and there are two fortnights, white and black, in a month. ।। 3-11-10 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

yAmAzcatvArazcatvAro martyAnAmahanI ubhe | pakSaH paJcadazAhAni zuklaH kRSNazca mAnada || 3-11-10 ||

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