Srimad Bhagavatam

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विदुर उवाच पितृदेवमनुष्याणामायुः परमिदं स्मृतम् । परेषां गतिमाचक्ष्व ये स्युः कल्पाद्बहिर्विदः ।। ३-११-१६ ।।

sanskrit

Vidura said: I now understand the life durations of the residents of the Pitā planets and heavenly planets as well as that of the human beings. Now kindly inform me of the durations of life of those greatly learned living entities who are beyond the range of a kalpa. ।। 3-11-16 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

vidura uvAca pitRdevamanuSyANAmAyuH paramidaM smRtam | pareSAM gatimAcakSva ye syuH kalpAdbahirvidaH || 3-11-16 ||

hk transliteration

भगवान् वेद कालस्य गतिं भगवतो ननु । विश्वं विचक्षते धीरा योगराद्धेन चक्षुषा ।। ३-११-१७ ।।

sanskrit

O spiritually powerful one, you can understand the movements of eternal time, which is the controlling form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because you are a self-realized person, you can see everything by the power of mystic vision. ।। 3-11-17 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

bhagavAn veda kAlasya gatiM bhagavato nanu | vizvaM vicakSate dhIrA yogarAddhena cakSuSA || 3-11-17 ||

hk transliteration

मैत्रेय उवाच कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । दिव्यैर्द्वादशभिर्वर्षैः सावधानं निरूपितम् ।। ३-११-१८ ।।

sanskrit

Maitreya said: O Vidura, the four millenniums are called the Satya-, Tretā-, Dvāpara- and Kali-yuga. The aggregate number of years of all of these combined is equal to twelve thousand years of the demigods. ।। 3-11-18 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

maitreya uvAca kRtaM tretA dvAparaM ca kalizceti caturyugam | divyairdvAdazabhirvarSaiH sAvadhAnaM nirUpitam || 3-11-18 ||

hk transliteration

चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैकं कृतादिषु यथाक्रमम् । सङ्ख्यातानि सहस्राणि द्विगुणानि शतानि च ।। ३-११-१९ ।।

sanskrit

The duration of the Satya millennium equals 4,800 years of the years of the demigods; the duration of the Tretā millennium equals 3,600 years of the demigods; the duration of the Dvāpara millennium equals 2,400 years; and that of the Kali millennium is 1,200 years of the demigods. ।। 3-11-19 ।।

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hindi translation

catvAri trINi dve caikaM kRtAdiSu yathAkramam | saGkhyAtAni sahasrANi dviguNAni zatAni ca || 3-11-19 ||

hk transliteration

सन्ध्यांशयोरन्तरेण यः कालः शतसङ्ख्ययोः । तमेवाहुर्युगं तज्ज्ञा यत्र धर्मो विधीयते ।। ३-११-२० ।।

sanskrit

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. ।। 3-11-20 ।।

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hindi translation

sandhyAMzayorantareNa yaH kAlaH zatasaGkhyayoH | tamevAhuryugaM tajjJA yatra dharmo vidhIyate || 3-11-20 ||

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