ŚB 4.29.21
Devanagari
संवत्सरश्चण्डवेग: कालो येनोपलक्षित: ।
तस्याहानीह गन्धर्वा गन्धर्व्यो रात्रय: स्मृता: ।
हरन्त्यायु: परिक्रान्त्या षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयम् ॥ २१ ॥
तस्याहानीह गन्धर्वा गन्धर्व्यो रात्रय: स्मृता: ।
हरन्त्यायु: परिक्रान्त्या षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयम् ॥ २१ ॥
Verse text
saṁvatsaraś caṇḍavegaḥ
kālo yenopalakṣitaḥ
tasyāhānīha gandharvā
gandharvyo rātrayaḥ smṛtāḥ
haranty āyuḥ parikrāntyā
ṣaṣṭy-uttara-śata-trayam
kālo yenopalakṣitaḥ
tasyāhānīha gandharvā
gandharvyo rātrayaḥ smṛtāḥ
haranty āyuḥ parikrāntyā
ṣaṣṭy-uttara-śata-trayam
Synonyms
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.
Translation
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.