Shloka 24

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

तथा वर्षसहसे द्वे द्वापरं परिमाणत:

Transliteration

tathā varṣasahase dve dvāparaṃ parimāṇataḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : « De même, selon la mesure, l’âge Dvāpara s’étend sur deux mille ans. »

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वर्षसहसे: in/at the two thousands of years
• वर्षसहसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Dual

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• द्वापरम्: the Dvāpara (age)
• द्वापरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वापर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• परिमाणतः: in measure; as to duration
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परिमाण

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dvāpara-yuga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse conveys a measured, orderly view of cosmic time: the yugas have defined durations, and moral order (dharma) is discussed against this structured temporal framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is enumerating the lengths of the world-ages; here he states the duration of the Dvāpara-yuga as two thousand years (by the stated measure).