Shloka 9

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

चत्वारि च सहस्राणि मानुषाणि शिलाशन आयुः कृतयुगे विद्धि प्रजानामिह सुव्रत

Transliteration

catvāri ca sahasrāṇi mānuṣāṇi śilāśana āyuḥ kṛtayuge viddhi prajānāmiha suvrata

Translation

হে শিলাশন (অটল), হে সুব্রত! জেনো, এই লোকের কৃতযুগে মানুষের আয়ু চার হাজার বছর।

Word by Word

• चत्वारि: four

• च: and

• सहस्राणि: thousands

• मानुषाणि: of humans

• शिलाशन: O ‘rock-eater’ (epithet meaning extremely firm/enduring)

• आयुः: lifespan

• कृतयुगे: in the Kṛta-yuga

• विद्धि: know (understand)

• प्रजानाम्: of the creatures/people

• इह: here (in this world)

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the yuga-measures within the Linga Purana discourse)