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Bhagavadgītā 8.17

sahasrayugaparyantamaharyadbrahmaṇo viduḥrātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ

Transliteration IAST

sahasrayugaparyantamaharyadbrahmaṇo viduḥ | rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ

Translations signed

The people who know the day of Brahmâ, a thousand ages in duration, and the night a thousand ages in ending, they know day and night.

Annie BesantThe Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song (4th edition), 1922 · public domain

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  1. English The people who know the day of Brahmâ, a thousand ages in duration, and the night a thousand ages in ending, they know day and night. Annie Besant

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Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
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भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0