पित्र्ये रात्र्यहनी मासः प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः
In the realm of the ancestors, a month consists of a day and a night; this division is again explained.
त्रिंशद्ये मानुषा मासाः पित्र्यो मासस्तु सः स्मृतः
Thirty human days make a month; this is considered a month for the ancestors.
पित्र्यः संवत्सरो ह्येष मानुषेण विभाव्यते
A year of the ancestors is understood by means of the human calculation.
पितॄणां त्रीणि वर्षाणि संख्यातानीह तानि वै
Three years of the ancestors are counted here; those are indeed their years.
लौकिकेनैव मानेन हृब्दो यो मानुषः स्मृतः
By the worldly measure alone, the year that is called human is remembered.
दिव्ये रात्र्यहनी वर्ष प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः
In the divine realm, a year consists of a day and a night; this division is again explained.
ये ते रात्र्यहनी दिव्ये प्रसंख्यानं तयोः पुनः
Those day and night periods in the divine realm are again enumerated.
यन्मानुषं शतं विद्धि दिव्या मासास्त्रयस्तु ते
Know that one hundred human years are equal to three divine months.
दिव्यः संवत्सरो ह्येष मानुषेण प्रकीर्त्तितः
This divine year is described according to the human calculation.
त्रिंशदन्यानि वर्षाणि मतः सप्तर्षिवत्सरः
Thirty other years are considered the year of the Saptarṣis.
अन्यानि नवतिश्चैव ध्रुवः संवत्सरः स्मृतः
And ninety other years are regarded as the year of Dhruva.
वर्षाणां तु शतं ज्ञेयं दिव्यो ह्येष विधिः स्मृतः
A hundred years should be understood as the divine rule.
त्रीण्येव नियुतान्याहुर्वर्षाणां मानुषाणि तु
They say there are three niyutas of human years.
दिव्यवर्षसहस्र तु प्राहुः संख्याविदो जनाः
Those who are skilled in calculation declare a thousand divine years.
दिव्येनैव प्रमाणेन युगसंख्याप्रकल्पनम्
The reckoning of the number of yugas is established according to the divine measure.
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुष्टयम्
Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali—these are the fourfold divisions.
द्वापरं च कलिश्चैव युगान्येतानि कल्पयेत्
Dvāpara and Kali—these are also to be considered as yugas.
तस्य तावच्छती संध्या संध्यांशः संध्याया समः
For each, the period of twilight, the portion of twilight, and the duration equal to twilight are specified.
एकन्यायेन वर्तन्ते सहस्राणि शतानि च
They proceed in the same manner, in thousands and hundreds.
त्रिशती द्विशती संध्ये संध्यांशौ चापि तत्समौ
Three hundred and two hundred are the twilights, and their portions are equal to those.
तस्यैकशतिका संध्या संध्यांशः संध्यया समः
For that, the twilight is one hundred, the portion of twilight is equal to the twilight.
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चैव चतुष्टयम्
Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali—these fourfold divisions.
कृतस्य तावद्वक्ष्यामि वर्षाणि च निबोधत
Now I shall declare the years of Kṛta; listen attentively.
चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राणि तथान्यानि कृतं युगम्
Forty thousand, and likewise others, constitute the Kṛta yuga.
अशीतिश्च सहस्राणि कालस्त्रेतायुगस्य सः
And eighty thousand is the period of the Tretā yuga.
विंशतिश्च सहस्रामि कालः स द्वापरस्य च
And twenty thousand is the period of the Dvāpara yuga.
षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि कालः कलियुगस्य तु
And sixty thousand is indeed the period of the Kali yuga.
नियुतान्येव षडिंशान्निरसानि युगानि वै
The yugas are certainly calculated as six times sixty hundred thousand.
विंशतिश्च सहस्राणि स संध्यांशश्चतुर्युगः
And twenty thousand is the portion of twilight for the four yugas.
कृतत्रेतादियुक्तानां मनोरन्तरमुच्यते
The period joined with Kṛta, Tretā, and the others is called a Manvantara.