06011001a bhAratasyAsya varSasya tathA haimavatasya ca
06011001c pramANam AyuSasH sUta phalaJM cApi zubhAzubham ' Of the period of life, the strength, the good and bad things,
06011002a anAgatam atikrAntaM vartamAnaJM ca saJMjaya the future, past and present, O saJjaya, of the residents, O sUta, of this Varsha of bharata, and of the Himavat-varsha,
06011002c AcakSva me vistareNa harivarSanM tathaiva ca 'Tell me in detail, as also of harivarSa.
06011003 saJMjaya uvAca 'saJjaya said,--
06011003a catvAri bhArate varSe yugAni bharatarSabha 'O bull of bharata's race, four Yugas set in bhAratavarSa,
06011003c kRtanM tretA dvAparaJM ca puSyaJM ca kuruvardhana viz., Krita, Treta, Dwapara, and kAlI. The Yuga that sets in first is Krita.
06011004a pUrvaGM kRtayuganM nAma tatas tretAyugaM vibho
06011004c saGMkSepAd dvAparasyAtha tataH puSyaM pravartate O Lord; after the expiry of Krita comes Treta; after expiry of Treta comes Dwapara; and after that last of all, sets in kAlI.
06011005a catvAri ca sahasrANi varSANAGM kurusattama
06011005c AyusHsaGMkhyA kRtayuge saGMkhyAtA rAjasattama Four thousand years, O best of the kurus, are reckoned as the measure of life, O best of kings, in the Krita epoch.
06011006c dvisahasranM dvApare tu zate tiSThati samMprati Three thousand years is the period in Treta, O ruler of men. At present in Dwapara, persons live on Earth for two thousand years.
06011007a na pramANasthitir hy asti puSye 'smin bharatarSabha In kAlI, however, O bull of bharata's race, there is no fixed limit of life's measure,
06011007c garbhasthAz ca mriyante 'tra tathA jAtA mriyanti ca in so much that men die while in the womb, as also soon after birth. In the Krita age, O king, men are born and beget children, by hundreds and thousands, that are of great strength and great power, endued with the attribute of great wisdom, and possessed of wealth and handsome features.
06011008c ajAyanta kRte rAjan munayasH sutapodhanAH In that age are born and begotten Munis endued with wealth of asceticism, capable of great exertion, possessed of high souls, and virtuous, and truthful in speech.
06011009c jAtAH kRtayuge rAjan dhaninaH priyadarzanAH The kSatriyas also, born in that age are of agreeable features, able-bodied, possessed of great energy, accomplished in the use of the bow, highly skilled in battle and exceedingly brave. In the Treta age, O king, all the kSatriya kings were emperors ruling from sea to sea.
06011010c jAyante kSatriyAzH zUrAs tretAyAJM cakravartinaH In Treta are begotten brave kSatriyas not subject to any one, endued with long lives, possessed of heroism, and wielding the bow in battle with great skill.
06011011a sarvavarNA mahArAja jAyante dvApare sati
06011011c mahotsAhA mahAvIryAH parasparavadhaiSiNaH When Dwapara sets in, O king, all the (four) orders born become capable of great exertion, endued with great energy, and desirous of conquering one another.
06011012a tejasAlpena saMyuktAH krodhanAH puruSA nRpa The men born in kAlI, O king, are endued with little energy, highly wrathful,
06011012c lubdhAz cAnRtakAz caiva puSye jAyanti bhArata covetous, and untruthful.
06011013c puSye bhavanti martyAnAM rAgo lobhaz ca bhArata malice and covetousness, O bharata, are the attributes of creatures in the kAlI age.
06011014a saGMkSepo vartate rAjan dvApare 'smin narAdhipa
06011014c guNottaraM haimavataM harivarSanM tataH param The portion that remains, O king, of this the Dwapara age, is small, O ruler of men. The Varsha known as Haimavat is superior to Bharatavarsha, while Harivarsha is superior to Hainavatvarsha, in respect of all qualities.'
