Shloka 19
आत्मदर्शन-उपदेशः (Ātma-darśana Upadeśa) — Mind, Senses, and the All-pervading Self
पृथक् संवत्सराग्राणि प्रवक्ष्याम्यनुपूर्वश: । कृते त्रेतायुगे चैव द्वापरे च कलौ तथा
pṛthak saṃvatsarāgrāṇi pravakṣyāmy anupūrvaśaḥ | kṛte tretāyuge caiva dvāpare ca kalau tathā ||
ব্যাস বললেন—আমি ক্রমানুসারে পৃথক পৃথক বছরের পরিমাপ বলব; কৃত (সত্য), ত্রেতা, দ্বাপর ও কলি—এই চার যুগের বছর-সংখ্যাও আলাদা আলাদা করে জানাব।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse introduces a structured exposition of cosmic time: the speaker will enumerate, in order, the distinct year-measures associated with each of the four yugas, framing dharma and human life within a larger temporal and moral cycle.
Vyāsa begins a didactic section in which he promises to explain the successive calculations of time—specifically the separate year-counts for Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali—preparing the listener for detailed cosmological reckoning.