तस्याहानीह गन्धर्वा गन्धर्व्यो रात्रयः स्मृताः ।
हरन्त्यायुः परिक्रान्त्या षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयम् ॥२१॥
saá¹vatsaraÅ› caṇá¸avegaḥ
kÄlo yenopalaká¹£itaḥ
tasyÄhÄnÄ«ha gandharvÄ
gandharvyo rÄtrayaḥ smá¹›tÄḥ
haranty Äyuḥ parikrÄntyÄ
á¹£aá¹£á¹y-uttara-Å›ata-trayam
saá¹vatsaraḥ - year; caṇá¸a-vegaḥ - called Caṇá¸avega; kÄlaḥ - time; yena - by which; upalaká¹£itaḥ - symbolized; tasya - of the duration of life; ahÄni - days; iha - in this life; gandharvÄḥ - Gandharvas; gandharvyaḥ - GandharvÄ«s; rÄtrayaḥ - nights; smá¹›tÄḥ - are understood; haranti - they take away; Äyuḥ - duration of life; parikrÄntyÄ - by traveling; á¹£aá¹£á¹i - sixty; uttara - above; Å›ata - hundred; trayam - three.
What was previously explained as Caṇá¸avega, powerful time, is covered by days and nights, named Gandharvas and GandharvÄ«s. The body’s life span is gradually reduced by the passage of days and nights, which number 360.
The word parikrÄntyÄ 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.
