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maitreya uvaca
krtam treta dvaparam ca
kalis ceti catur-yugam
divyair dvadasabhir varsaih
savadhanam nirupitam
SYNONYMS
maitreyah uvacaMaitreya said; krtamthe age of Satya; tretathe age of Treta; dvaparamthe age of Dvapara; caalso; kalihthe age of Kali; caand; itithus; catuh-yugamfour millenniums; divyaihof the demigods; dvadasabhihtwelve; varsaihthousands of years; sa-avadhanamapproximately; nirupitamascertained.
TRANSLATION
Maitreya said: O Vidura, the four millenniums are called the Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali yugas. The aggregate number of years of all of these combined is equal to twelve thousand years of the demigods.
PURPORT
The years of the demigods are equal to 360 years of humankind. As will be clarified in the subsequent verses, 12,000 of the demigods years, including the transitional periods which are called yuga-sandhyas, comprise the total of the aforementioned four millenniums. Thus the aggregate of the above-mentioned four millenniums is 4,320,000 years.
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