Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 8.17

Sanskrit

सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः। रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।

sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ

Meaning

Understanding vast timescales shifts perspective: today's crises are temporary. Focus on enduring principles rather than fleeting circumstances to lead with clarity.

Translation

Those people who know what day and night are, know the day of Brahma which ends in a thousand yugas, and His night which also ends in a thousand yugas.

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: