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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.20
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 20
- sandhyā-sandhyāṁśayor antar
- yaḥ kālaḥ śata-saṅkhyayoḥ
- tam evāhur yugaṁ taj-jñā
- yatra dharmo vidhīyate
sandhyātransitional period before — transitional period before; sandhyāand transitional period after-aṁśayoḥand transitional period after — and transitional period after; antaḥwithin — within; yaḥthat which — that which; kālaḥduration of time — duration of time; śatahundreds of years-saṅkhyayoḥhundreds of years — hundreds of years; tamthat period evathat period — that period; āhuḥthey call — they call; yugammillennium — millennium; tatthe expert astronomers-jñāḥthe expert astronomers — the expert astronomers; yatrawherein — wherein; dharmaḥreligion — religion; vidhīyateis performed — 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.