Shloka 4
Bhārata-varṣa-varṇana
Description of Bhārata: Mountains, Rivers, and Janapadas
पूर्व कृतयुगं नाम ततत्त्रेतायुगं प्रभो । संक्षेपाद् द्वापरस्याथ ततस्तिष्य॑ प्रवर्तते,प्रभो! पहले सत्ययुग होता है, फिर त्रेतायुग आता है, उसके बाद द्वापरयुग बीतनेपर कलियुगकी प्रवृत्ति होती है
pūrvaṃ kṛtayugaṃ nāma tataḥ tretāyugaṃ prabho | saṃkṣepād dvāparasya atha tataḥ kaliḥ pravartate prabho ||
Санджая сказал: «Сначала приходит век, именуемый Крита (Сатья); затем, о владыка, следует век Трета. Когда же Двапара завершает свой ход, тогда начинается век Кали, о владыка».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse summarizes the cyclical progression of the four yugas, implying that moral and social conditions change with time and that dharma is understood within a larger cosmic rhythm.
Sañjaya is explaining to his listener, in brief, the order of the world-ages—Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and then Kali—framing events within a broader cosmological timeline.