The Bhagavad Gita, Or, the Sacred Lay: a Sanskrit Philosophical Poem

John Davies

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So Srld- absorbed in Brahma at the end hara and other commentators explain of a kalpa or periodic time, and the word. Then come forth again, at his direc- 4 Holding the breath as much as tion, when another Tcalpa begins, possible inwardly. The day of Brahma is explained in 6 Cf. The Bhagavata Purana xii. The Vishnu Purana (i. 3, vi. I, with 6 : " From this sound (sphota, repre- Prof. Wilson's note). One year of sented as coming from Brahma's mortals is = one day of the gods, heart) sprang the s...yllable OM, com- There are four yugas or ages, which posed of three elements (A. U. M. J, are thus determined: (i. ) The self - resplendent, of unmanifested Krita Yuga = 4800 divine years ; origin, that which is the emblem of (2. ) The Treta Yuga 3600 divine CHAP. VIIL] BHAGAVAD GITA. 97 Arjuna ! but he who attains to Me knows birth no more, son of Kunt! !
The men who know the day of Brahma, which passes away after a thousand ages, and the night which ends in a thousand ages, know both day and night.

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