Shloka 22

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

चत्वार्याहु: सहस्राणि वर्षाणां तत्‌ कृतं युगम्‌

Transliteration

catvāry āhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tat kṛtaṃ yugam

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—وہ کہتے ہیں کہ چار ہزار برسوں پر مشتمل وہ کِرت (ستیہ) یُگ ہے۔

Word by Word

• चत्वारि: four
• चत्वारि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• आहुः: they say / have said
• आहुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Plural

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कृतम्: made/constituted (as)
• कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• युगम्: an age (yuga)
• युगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kṛta Yuga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a traditional measure of cosmic time, stating that the Kṛta Yuga is reckoned as four thousand years, framing dharma and human conduct within a larger cyclical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana is reporting a doctrinal statement about the length of the Kṛta Yuga as part of a broader discussion on yugas and the progression of time and righteousness across ages.