—json {
"name":"SB 3.11.20", "h1":"SB 3.11.20", "label":"Text 20", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.11.20", "description":"The transitional periods before and after every millennium, which are a few hundred years as aforementioned, are known as yuga-sandhyās, or the conjunctions of two millenniums, according to the expert astronomers. In those periods all kinds of religious activities are performed."
} —
सन्ध्यासन्ध्यांशयोरन्तर्यः कालः शतसङ्ख्ययोः ।
तमेवाहुर्युगं तज्ज्ञा यत्र धर्मो विधीयते ॥२०॥
sandhyā-sandhyāṁśayor antar
yaḥ kālaḥ śata-saṅkhyayoḥ
tam evāhur yugaṁ taj-jñā
yatra dharmo vidhīyate
sandhyā—transitional period before; sandhyā-aṁśayoḥ—and transitional period after; antaḥ—within; yaḥ—that which; kālaḥ—duration of time; śata-saṅkhyayoḥ—hundreds of years; tam eva—that period; āhuḥ—they call; yugam—millennium; tat-jñāḥ—the expert astronomers; yatra—wherein; dharmaḥ—religion; vidhīyate—is performed.
The transitional periods before and after every millennium, which are a few hundred years as aforementioned, are known as yuga-sandhyās, or the conjunctions of two millenniums, according to the expert astronomers. In those periods all kinds of religious activities are performed.