SB 3.11.19

SB 3.11.19

Devanagari

चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वै चैकं कृतादिषु यथाक्रमम् । संख्यातानि सहस्राणि द्विगुणानि शतानि च ॥ १९ ॥

Verse text

catvāri trīṇi dve caikaṁ kṛtādiṣu yathā-kramam saṅkhyātāni sahasrāṇi dvi-guṇāni śatāni ca

Synonyms

catvāri four ; trīṇi three ; dve two ; ca also ; ekam one ; kṛta ādiṣu — in the Satya-yuga ; yathā kramam — and subsequently others ; saṅkhyātāni numbering ; sahasrāṇi thousands ; dvi guṇāni — twice ; śatāni hundreds ; ca also .

Translation

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The yugas starting with Satya are calculated by multiplying 1200 by four, three, two and one. Satya yuga is four thousand devatā years and the sandhyās at the beginning and end of the yuga totally eight hundred years. Treta yuga is three thousand six hundred years, and the others are similarly calculated.

Purport

As aforementioned, one year of the demigods is equal to 360 years of the human beings. The duration of the Satya-yuga is therefore 4,800 × 360, or 1,728,000 years. The duration of the Tretā-yuga is 3,600 × 360, or 1,296,000 years. The duration of the Dvāpara-yuga is 2,400 × 360, or 864,000 years. And the last, the Kali-yuga, is 1,200 × 360, or 432,000 years.