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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । भारतस्यास्य वर्षस्य तथा हैमवतस्य च । प्रमाणमायुषः सूत फलं चापि शुभाशुभम्॥६-११-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O Sūta, tell me the measure of lifespan, and also the auspicious and inauspicious fruits pertaining to this Bhārata-varṣa and to the Himālaya region.
english translation
अनागतमतिक्रान्तं वर्तमानं च संजय । आचक्ष्व मे विस्तरेण हरिवर्षं तथैव च॥६-११-२॥
O Sañjaya, describe to me in detail what is yet to come, what has passed, and what is present—and likewise Harivarṣa in the same manner.
english translation
संजय उवाच । चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगानि भरतर्षभ । कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च पुष्यं च कुरुवर्धन॥६-११-३॥
Sañjaya said: O best of the Bharatas, within Bhārata-varṣa there are four yugas: Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Puṣya, O increaser of the Kurus.
english translation
पूर्वं कृतयुगं नाम ततस्त्रेतायुगं विभो । संक्षेपाद्द्वापरस्याथ ततः पुष्यं प्रवर्तते॥६-११-४॥
First is the age called Kṛta; then comes the Tretā age, O mighty one. After a contraction in Dvāpara, thereafter Puṣya proceeds.
english translation
चत्वारि च सहस्राणि वर्षाणां कुरुसत्तम । आयुःसंख्या कृतयुगे संख्याता राजसत्तम॥६-११-५॥
O foremost of the Kurus, in the Kṛta age the measured span of human life is enumerated as four thousand years, O best of kings.
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