Chapter 8

Verse 17

Bhagavad Gita

सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद् ब्रह्मणो विदुः |
रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ||८-१७||
Transliteration

sahasrayugaparyantamaharyad brahmaṇo viduḥ .
rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te.ahorātravido janāḥ ||8-17||
English Meaning

8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length.