सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद् ब्रह्मणो विदुः ।रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ॥ ८-१७॥

sahasrayugaparyantamaharyad brahmaṇo viduḥ । rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ ॥ 8-17॥

sahasra (n.), a thousand.

yuga (n), age, yuga. *

paryantam (m. acc. sg.), extending as far as, border, limit, end, extremity.

(sahasra-yuga-paryantam, m. acc. sg. TP cpd., extending as far as a thousand yugas.)

ahar (n. acc. sg.), day.

yad (n. acc. sg.), which.

brahmaṇo (n. gen. sg.), of Brahma.

viduh (3rd pI. perfect act. .J vid with present meaning), they know.

ratrim (f. acc. sg.), night.

yuga (n.), age, yuga. *

sahasra (n.), a thousand.

antam (f. acc. sg.), end, ending.

(yuga-sahasra-antam, f. acc. sg. TP cpd., ending in a thousand yugas.)

te (m. nom. pl.), they.

ahoratravido (m. nom. pl.), day and night knowing, those who know day and night.

janas (m. nom. pl.), men.