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.
त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तु वर्षाणां मानुषेण प्रकीर्त्तिताः
Thirty crores of years are declared according to human reckoning.
विशतिश्च सहस्राणि कालो ऽयं साधिकं विना
And twenty thousand is this period, with a little more, not less.
मन्वन्तरस्य कालो ऽयं युगैः सार्द्धं च कीर्त्तितः
This period of a Manvantara, together with the yugas, has been described.
त्रेताशिष्टं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्वापरं कलिमेव च
I shall now speak of what remains of the Treta Yuga, as well as the Dvapara and Kali Yugas.
क्रमागतं मया ह्येतत्तुभ्यं नोक्त युग द्वयम्
These two yugas, which come in order, have not yet been told to you by me.
अत्र त्रेतायुगस्यादौ मनुः सप्तर्षयश्च ये
At the beginning of the Treta Yuga, Manu and the seven sages existed.
दाराग्निहोत्रसंबन्धमृग्यजुः सामसंहितम्
The connection with wives, the Agnihotra sacrifice, and the collections of Rig, Yajur, and Sama Veda were established.
परंपरागतं धर्म स्मार्त्तं चाचारलक्षणम्
The dharma transmitted through tradition, and the characteristics of proper conduct, were established.
सत्येन ब्रह्मचर्येण श्रुतेन तपसा च वै
By truthfulness, celibacy, study of the scriptures, and austerity indeed.
सप्तर्षीणां मनोश्चैव ह्याद्ये त्रेतायुगे तथा
In the first Treta Yuga, for the seven sages and Manu, likewise.