सर्वैकान्तसुखः कालो नात्यर्थं ह्युष्णशीतलः
The time is wholly blissful, neither excessively hot nor cold.
उत्तिष्ठंति पृथिव्यां वै तेषां ध्यानै रसातलात्
They rise upon the earth, through their meditation from the netherworld.
असंस्कार्यैः शरीरैस्तु प्रजास्ताः स्थिरयौवनाः
With bodies not requiring ritual purification, those people possess enduring youth.
समं जन्म च रूपं च प्रीयंते चैव ताः समाः
Birth and appearance are equal, and they delight together in harmony.
निर्विशेषाश्च ताः सर्वा रूपायुःशिल्पचेष्टितैः
All are without distinction in form, lifespan, skill, and activity.
अप्रवृत्तिः कृतद्वारे कर्मणः शुभपापयोः
There is no engagement in action, as the doors to good and evil deeds are closed.
अनिच्छाद्वेषयुक्तास्ता वर्त्तयन्ति परस्परम्
They live among each other, free from desire and aversion.
सुखप्राया विशोकाश्च उत्पद्यंते कृते युगे
Mostly happy and without sorrow, they are born in the Krita age.
मनसा विषयस्तासां निरीहाणां प्रवर्तते
For those without longing, enjoyment of objects arises only through the mind.
नाति हिंसति वान्योन्यं नानुगृङ्णंति वै तदा
They neither harm nor support one another at that time.
पवृत्तं द्वापरे युद्धं स्तेयमेव कलौ युगे
Conflict arises in the Dvapara age, and theft in the Kali age.
कलिस्तमस्तु विज्ञेयं गुणवृत्तं गुमेषु तत्
Know that Kali is the most impure, its qualities and conduct among the modes.
चत्वारि तु सहस्राणि वर्षाणां तत्कृतं युगम्
The Krita age consists of four thousand years.
चत्वार्यैव सहस्राणि वर्षाणां मोनुषाणि तु
And those four thousand years are reckoned as human years.
ततः कृत्युगे तस्मिन् ससंध्यांशे गते तदा
Then, when the Krita age passes with its twilight portion,
सन्ध्यायास्तु व्यतीतायाः सांध्यः कालो युगस्य सः
When the twilight has elapsed, that period is the twilight of the age.
एवं कृतयुगे तस्मिन्निश्शेषेंतर्दधे तदा
Thus, in that Krita Yuga, it completely disappeared at that time.
सिद्धिरन्ययुगे तस्मिंस्त्रेताख्ये ऽनंतरे कृतात्
In another age, in the Treta Yuga that followed Krita, perfection was attained.
अष्टौ ताः क्रमयोगेन सिद्धयो यांति संक्षयम्
Those eight perfections gradually diminish in sequence.
मन्वंतरेषु सर्वेषु चतुर्युगविभागशः
In all the Manvantaras, according to the division of the four Yugas,
संध्या कृतस्य पादेन संक्षेपेण वशात्ततः
The twilight of Krita, by a quarter, is briefly under its control.
हीयंते युगधर्मास्ते तपःश्रुतबलायुषः
The virtues of the Yugas decline: austerity, learning, strength, and lifespan.
त्रेतायुगसमुत्पत्तिः सांशा च ऋषिसत्तमाः
The origin of Treta Yuga, O best of sages, is partial.
कल्पादौ संप्रवृत्तायास्त्रेतायाः प्रसुखे तदा
At the beginning of the cycle, when Treta commenced, it was then very pleasant.
तस्यां सिद्धौ प्रनष्टायामन्या सिद्धिरजायत
When perfection in that age was lost, another perfection arose.
मेघेभ्यः स्तनयितृभ्यः प्रवृत्तं पृष्टिसर्जनम्
From the clouds and thunder, the discharge from the back began.
प्रजा आसंस्ततस्तासां वृक्षश्च गृह संज्ञिताः
Then, among those beings, trees were called homes.
वर्त्तयंतेस्म तेभ्यस्तास्त्रेतायुगमुखे प्रजाः
Those beings lived from them at the beginning of Treta Yuga.
संगलोलात्मको भावस्तदा ह्याकस्मिको ऽभवत्
At that time, the nature became fickle and suddenly changed.
तदा तद्वै न भवति पुनर्युगबलेन तु
Then, that does not happen again, due to the force of the Yuga.