SB 3.11.18 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

मैत्रेय उवाच कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । दिव्यैर्द्वादशभिर्वर्षै: सावधानं निरूपितम् ॥ १८ ॥

Verse text

maitreya uvāca kṛtaṁ tretā dvāparaṁ ca kaliś ceti catur-yugam divyair dvādaśabhir varṣaiḥ sāvadhānaṁ nirūpitam

Synonyms

maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said ; kṛtam — the age of Satya ; tretā — the age of Tretā ; dvāparam — the age of Dvāpara ; ca — also ; kaliḥ — the Age of Kali ; ca — and ; iti — thus ; catuḥ — yugam — four millenniums ; divyaiḥ — of the demigods ; dvādaśabhiḥ — twelve ; varṣaiḥ — thousands of years ; sa — avadhānam — approximately ; nirūpitam — ascertained .

Translation

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Maitreya said: The four yugas of Satya, Treta, Dvāparā and Kali are described as twelve thousand years of the devatās, including the sandhyā portions. The life spans of Bhrgu and others beyond the kalpa are equal to that of Brahmā. In order to explain the lifespan of Brahmā, the calculation of the yugas is explained. Varsaiḥ means by a thousand years. Avadhānam here means “that which is deposited.” It refers to the sandhyās at the beginning and end of the yuga.

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-sandhyās, comprise the total of the aforementioned four millenniums. Thus the aggregate of the above-mentioned four millenniums is 4,320,000 years.