Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 2: The Symptoms of Kali-yuga |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.2.39
kṛtaḿ tretā dvāparaḿ ca
kaliś ceti catur-yugam
anena krama-yogena
bhuvi prāṇiṣu vartate
SYNONYMS
kṛtam — Satya-yuga; tretā — Tretā-yuga; dvāparam — Dvāpara-yuga; ca — and; kaliḥ — Kali-yuga; ca — and; iti — thus; catuḥ-yugam — the cycle of four ages; anena — by this; krama — sequential; yogena — pattern; bhuvi — in this world; prāṇiṣu — among living beings; vartate — goes on continuously.
TRANSLATION
The cycle of four ages — Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali — continues perpetually among living beings on this earth, repeating the same general sequence of events.
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