SB 4.29.21
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- saṁvatsaraś caṇḍavegaḥ
- 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.