This direction is said to be the second gate to virtue, O twice born one and here does the king of death, with a sure hand, calculate the life allotted to men, in Trutis and Lavas (periods of time).
एतद् द्वितीयं देवस्य द्वारमाचक्षते द्विज। त्रुटिशो लवशश्चापि गण्यते कालनिश्चयः॥