Yuga in the Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam: A cosmic age. There are four Yugas in a cycle: Satya (age of truth), Treta, Dvapara, and Kali (the current age of darkness). The full cycle is called a Mahayuga.
A cosmic age. There are four Yugas in a cycle: Satya (age of truth), Treta, Dvapara, and Kali (the current age of darkness). The full cycle is called a Mahayuga.
On this site, Yuga is treated as a reading aid rather than a final doctrinal definition: use it to move from a question about a term into the chapters where the term actually appears.
THE FIRST BOOK Chapter III On praising the Purâ n as and on each Vyâsa of every Dvâpara Yuga 1-11. Sûta said :-- “O best of the Munis! I am now telling you the names of the Purâ n as, etc., exactly as 1 have heard from Veda Vyâsa, the son of…
…again that question. By the will of that S’akti, I have got this idea of man and roam on the great ocean; in yuga after yuga, I assume by Her will, the Tortoise, Boar, Man-Lion, and Dwarf incarnations. No one likes to take birth in the womb of inferior animals (e…
…ects of heretics, Pâ s a nd as for the sustenance of their own bellies. O highly fortunate Munis! In no other Yugas were found acts as prevalent in this Kali Yuga, based on various different opinions and altogether beyond the pale of the Vedic injunctions. Behold…
…tanza by which She has sown within me the seed of Bhâgavata will get expanded by the beginning of the Dvâpara Yuga. While Bhagavân Brahmâ was resting on the navel lotus of Vishnu, He got the seed of Bhâgavata. Then He gave it to His own son Nârada, the best of the…
…highest asceticism. Thus Dvaipâyan Vyâsa was born of Parâs'ara in Satyavatî’s womb. Seeing the advent of Kali Yuga, he adorned the tree of the Vedas with many S’âkhâs (branches). It is because he expanded the Vedas many S’âkhâs, that he is denominated also as Veda…
…his powerlessness when Vyâsa said :--“O highly intelligent one! When Hari and you will reincarnate in another Yuga, then your heroic strength will again be manifested. Hearing all these words, Prithâ's son Arjuna returned to Hastinâ with a sorrowful heart and info…
…that will leave Thy service and desire to enjoy the foeless kingdom in the world? Oh! even a moment appears a Yuga to him who has not got Thy lotus feet with him! O Mother! Those that leave the worship of Thy lotus feet and become engaged in performing tapasyâ are…
…riends to Indra. 52. O Dear! Your curse won't be fruitless; in the 28th Manvantara, at the end of the Dvâpara Yuga, your curse will bear fruit. Then Aditi, sinful for her jealousy and anger, will go down on earth to take the human birth through her Amsa (part) and…
…ry rare that are religious, and free from egoism, jealousy, anger, etc. 2. O king of kings! Even in the Satya Yuga, the Golden age, this world, moving and unmoving, was covered with feelings of jealousy and anger. What to say in this Kali Yuga (Dark Age)! (There i…
…seems reasonable and true. 33. O Muni! What can you expect from the weak-minded persons like me in this Kali yuga, when the great persons are always overpowered with lust, anger, etc. 34-35. Vyâsa said :-- O Descendant of Bharata! How can the effect be different…
…eously by one man in any of the Four Ages. These two are contradictory things. That may be worthy in the Kali Yuga? This asceticism is fit for the Brâhma n as; why, then are the bows and arrows held by you? There is an irreconcilable difference between the holding…
…ting to you the incarnations of S’rî Bhagavân Hari which He had in the several Manvantaras and in the several Yugas respectively. 4. I will tell you now, in brief, what forms He took and what deeds He did in the various incarnations. 5. In the Châk s usa Manvantar…