Tuesday, October 20, 2009

How old is our universe

The Aryas know from the verses, bearing on the creation and dissolution of the world, in the Shastras, that a thousand Chaturyugas constitute one day of Brahma, and as many Yugas one night of Brahma. A Brahma-day covers the time from the creation of the universe to its dissolution, and a Brahma-ratri from the dissolution of the world to its next creation, after a thousand Chaturygas. There are fourteen Manvanttraras in one Kalpa and one Manvanttara is equal to 91 Chaturygas. The present is the seventh Manvanttara, the Swaymbhuva, Svarochish, Auttmi, Tamasa, Raivata and Chakshusha having already expired; in other words 1,960,852,976 years of the world’s age have passed away, and 2,333,227,024 still remain.

Supported by the hymn.

AUM TAT SAT SHRI BRAHMA DWITIYE PRAHARAARDDHA VAIVASVATA
MAVANTATARE AASHTAA VISHATITAMAE KALIYUGE KALIPRATHAMACHARANE
AAYAVIRTTINTARE KADESHE AMUKA NAJARE AAMUKA SAMVATSARAYANARTU
MAASAPAGYADINANASHA TRALAGNA MUHURTE ATRA DE KAARYA KRITAM HRIYATE VAA

Om! Tat Sat (i.e., he whose name is Om, is the true Lord). In the second division of the first half of the Day of Shri Brahma, in the second food of the Kaliyuga of the 28th Vaivaswata, in such-and-such a part of the year, in such-and-such a season, paksha, divas, nakshatra, lagan, mahurat, this act is performed, and it shall continue to be daily performed, in future, by the eldest as well as the youngest, member of the family

3 comments:

Chandra R Matta said...

Awesome.!!

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సుభగ said...

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