लक्षाण्यष्टौ चतुःषष्टिसहस्रैः परिकीर्तितम्
It is described as eight hundred thousand and sixty-four thousand years.
लक्षैश्चतुर्भिर्विख्यातो द्वात्रिंशद्भिः कलिस्तथा
The Kali Yuga is known as four hundred and thirty-two thousand years.
चतुष्पदः कृते धर्मः शुक्लवर्णो जनार्दनः
In the Kṛta Yuga, dharma stands on four legs, and Janārdana is of white hue.
क्रियते च तदा धर्मो नाकाले मरणं नृणाम्
At that time, dharma is practiced, and there is no untimely death for people.
कामः क्रोधो भयं लोभो मत्सरश्चाभ्यसूयता
Desire, anger, fear, greed, envy, and malice are absent.
ततस्त्रेतायुगे जातस्त्रिपादो धर्म एव च
Then, in the Tretā Yuga, dharma stands on three legs.
तस्मिन्यज्ञाः प्रवर्त्तंते प्राणिनामिष्टदायिनः
In that age, sacrifices are performed by living beings, bestowing desired results.
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण स्नानैर्दानैः पृथग्विधैः
Through austerity, celibacy, bathing, and various kinds of charity.
ततस्तु द्वापरं नाम तृतीयं युग मुच्यते 7.3.10.
Then, the third age is called Dvāpara Yuga.
फलाकांक्षाप्रवृत्तानि जपयज्ञतपांसि च
There, acts of recitation, sacrifice, and austerity are performed with desire for results.
तत्रान्योन्यं महीपाला युयुधुर्वसुधातले
In that age, kings fought one another upon the earth.
ततः कलियुगं घोरं चतुर्थं तु प्रव र्त्तते
Then, the dreadful Kali Yuga, the fourth, begins.
कृष्णवर्णो भवेद्विष्णुः पापाधिक्यं प्रवर्तते
Viṣṇu becomes dark in color, and the prevalence of sin arises.
अर्थलुब्धास्तथा भूपा लोभमोहशतान्विताः
Kings become greedy for wealth, filled with hundreds of desires and delusions.
अल्पक्षीरास्तथा गावः सत्यहीना द्विजातयः
Cows yield little milk, and the twice-born are devoid of truth.
सत्यहीनास्तथा पापा भविष्यंति कलौ युगे
Likewise, in the Kali Yuga, the wicked will be devoid of truth.
नार्यो द्वादशमे वर्षे भविष्यंति सुगर्भिताः
In the twelfth year, women will become pregnant.
एकाकारा भविष्यंति सर्ववर्णाश्रमाश्च वै
All castes and stages of life will become indistinguishable.
व्यर्थानि तत्र तीर्थानि म्लेच्छस्पृष्टानि सर्वशः 7.3.10.
There, the sacred fords will be rendered useless, entirely defiled by foreigners.
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो वाक्यं ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः
Hearing this, they then spoke these words to Brahmā, the one of unmanifest birth:
स्थानं नो ब्रूहि देवेश स्थातव्यं च सदैव हि
O Lord of the gods, tell us a place where we should always remain.
अतस्तत्र च गंतव्यं तीर्थैरायतनैः सह
Therefore, it is necessary to go there, together with the sacred fords and shrines.
अपि कृत्वा महत्पापमर्बुदं प्रेक्षते तु यः
Even one who has committed great sin, if he beholds Arbuda,
ततः सर्वाणि तीर्थानि गतानि च कलौ युगे
Therefore, all the sacred fords departed in the Kali age,
भूमावर्बुदशैलेन्द्रे संस्थितानि कलेर्भयात्
And took their place on Mount Arbuda, the lord of mountains, out of fear of Kali.
कुरुक्षेत्रं प्रभासं च ब्रह्मावर्तं तथैव च
Kurukshetra, Prabhasa, and likewise Brahmavarta,
तेषां वासश्च सञ्जातः पर्वतेऽर्बुदसंज्ञिके
Their residence was established on the mountain called Arbuda.
तत्र शांता नराः सम्यक्परं निर्वाणमाप्नुयुः
There, peaceful men will truly attain supreme liberation.
शृणु तत्राभवत्पूर्वं यदाश्चर्यं महामते 7.3.10.
Listen, O wise one, to the wondrous event that happened there in ancient times.
तपस्तेपे सुधर्मात्मा कामक्रोधविवर्जितः
A man of righteous nature performed austerity there, free from desire and anger.