pakṣaḥ pañca-daśāhāni
yāmāś catvāraś catvāro
martyānām ahanī ubhe
pakṣaḥ pañca-daśāhāni
śuklaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca mānada
For the human beings, there are four yāmas in the day and four yāmas in the night. There are fifteen days in the waxing phase of the moon, and fifteen days in the waning phase of the moon.
Ahanī means day and night.
|| 3.11.11-12||
tayoḥ samuccayo māsaḥ
pitṝṇāṁ tad ahar-niśam
dvau tāv ṛtuḥ ṣaḍ ayanaṁ
dakṣiṇaṁ cottaraṁ divi
ayane cāhanī prāhur
vatsaro dvādaśa smṛtaḥ
saṁvatsara-śataṁ nṝṇāṁ
paramāyur nirūpitam
The two fortnights are one month. This total is a day and night for the Pitṛs. Two months make a season. Six months makes a southern half year and northern half year. Two half years make a day and night for the devatās in heaven. Twelve months make a year. One hundred years is described as the duration of life for human beings.
Divi is connected the second verse. Two half years make one day and night for the devatās in heaven (divi). Twelve months make a year.
|| 3.11.13||
graharkṣa-tārā-cakra-sthaḥ
paramāṇv-ādinā jagat
saṁvatsarāvasānena
paryety animiṣo vibhuḥ
The sun, a portion of the Supreme Lord in the form of time, situated in the zodiac belt among the planets, twenty-seven constellations and other constellations, travels in a circle through the universe with measurements of time from the paramāṇu to the full year.
This verse explains that the sun decreases the life span by rising and setting. The sun is situated in the circle of the planets such as the moon, the constellations such as Aśvini, and the stars, meaning the other constellations not included in the twenty-seven constellations. The sun, a portion of the Lord (vibhuḥ), the form of time (animiṣaḥ), travels around the universe.
|| 3.11.14 ||
saṁvatsaraḥ parivatsara
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