Chapter 2

janamejaya uvāca manvantarasya saṃkhyānaṃ yugānāṃ ca mahāmate || 1 ||
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brahmaṇo'hnaḥ pramāṇaṃ ca vaktumarhasi me dvija || 2 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ahorātraṃ vibhajate sūryo mānena laukikam || 3 ||
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tāmupādāya gaṇanāṃ śṛṇu saṃkhyāmariṃdama || 4 ||
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nimeṣaiḥ pañcadaśabhiḥ kāṣṭhā triṃśattu tāḥ kalā || 5 ||
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triṃśatkalo muhūrtastu triṃśatā tairmanīṣiṇaḥ || 6 ||
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ahorātramiti prāhuścandrasūryagatiṃ nṛpa || 7 ||
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ravergativiśeṣeṇa sarveṣveteṣu nityaśaḥ || 7 ||
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viśeṣeṇa tu sarveṣu ahorātraṃ ca nityaśaḥ || 8 ||
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ahotrātrāḥ pañcadaśa pakṣa ityabhiśabditaḥ || 9 ||
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pakṣau dvau ca smṛto māso dvau māsāv ṛturucyate || 10 ||
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abdaṃ dvyayanamuktaṃ tu ayanaṃ tv ṛtubhistribhiḥ || 11 ||
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dakṣiṇaṃ cottaraṃ caiva saṃkhyānārthaviśāradaiḥ || 12 ||
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mānenānena yo māsaḥ pakṣadvayasamāhitaḥ || 13 ||
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pitṝṇāṃ tadahorātramiti kālavido viduḥ || 14 ||
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kṛṣṇapakṣastvahasteṣāṃ śuklapakṣastu śarvarī || 15 ||
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kṛṣṇapakṣe tvahaḥśrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ vartate nṛpa || 16 ||
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mānuṣeṇa tu mānena yo vai saṃvatsaraḥ smṛtaḥ || 17 ||
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divyamekamahastena tathā māsābdasaṃsthitiḥ || 17 ||
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devānāṃ tadahorātraṃ divā caivottarāyaṇam || 18 ||
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divyamabdamahorātramahastasyottarāyaṇam || 18 ||
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dakṣiṇāyanaṃ smṛtā rātriḥ prājñaistattvārthakovidaiḥ || 19 ||
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divyamabdaṃ daśaguṇamahorātraṃ manoḥ smṛtam || 20 ||
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ahorātraṃ daśaguṇaṃ mānavaḥ pakṣa ucyate || 21 ||
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pakṣo daśaguṇo māso māsairdvādaśabhirguṇaiḥ || 22 ||
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ṛturmanūnāṃ saṃproktaḥ prājñaistattvārthadarśibhiḥ || 23 ||
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ṛtutrayeṇa tvayanaṃ taddvayenaiva vatsaraḥ || 24 ||
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ṣaḍbhistairvatsaraṃ proktaṃ tena saṃkhyā nibadhyate || 24 ||
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catvāryeva sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tu kṛtaṃ yugam || 25 ||
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tāvacchatī bhavetsaṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaśca tathā nṛpa || 26 ||
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trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi tretā syātparimāṇataḥ || 27 ||
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tasyāśca triśatī saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaśca tathāparaḥ || 28 ||
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tathā varṣasahasre dve dvāparaṃ parikīrtitam || 29 ||
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tasyāpi dviśatī saṃdhyā saṃdhyāśaśca tathāvidhaḥ || 30 ||
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kalirvarṣasahasraṃ tu saṃkhyāto'tra manīṣibhiḥ || 31 ||
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tasyāpi śatikā saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaścaiva tadvidhaḥ || 32 ||
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eṣā dvādaśasāhasrī yugasaṃkhyā prakīrtitā || 33 ||
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divyenānena mānena yugasaṃkhyāṃ nibodha me || 34 ||
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sasarja sa punastāta jagatsarvamidaṃ vibhuḥ || 34 ||
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kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliścaiva caturyugam || 35 ||
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yugaṃ tadekasaptatyā guṇitaṃ nṛpasattama || 36 ||
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manvantaramiti proktaṃ saṃkhyānārthaviśāradaiḥ || 37 ||
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ayanaṃ cāpi tatproktaṃ dve'yane dakṣiṇottare || 38 ||
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manuḥ pralīyate hyatra samāpte'thāyane prabho || 39 ||
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caturyugasahasraṃ tu brahmaṇo dinamucyate || 39 ||
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rātriścaitāvatī tasya tābhyāṃ pakṣādikalpanā || 39 ||
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tato'paro manuḥ kālametāvantaṃ bhavatyuta || 40 ||
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samatīteṣu rājendra proktaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ sa vai || 41 ||
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tadeva cāyutaṃ proktaṃ muninā tattvadarśinā || 42 ||
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brahmaṇastadahaḥ proktaṃ kalpaśceti sa śabdyate || 43 ||
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sahasrayugaparyantamaharyadbrahmaṇo viduḥ || 43 ||
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rātriṃ yugasahasrānte te'horātravido janāḥ || 43 ||
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sahasrayugaparyantā yā niśā procyate budhaiḥ || 44 ||
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nimajjatyapsu yatrorvī saśailavanakānanā || 45 ||
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tasminyugasahasre tu pūrṇe bharatasattama || 46 ||
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brāhme divasaparyante kalpo niḥśeṣa ucyate || 47 ||
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