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Shloka 27

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

क्षीणे कलियुगे चैव प्रवर्तेत कृतं युगम्‌ । एषा द्वादशसाहस्त्री युगाख्या परिकीर्तिता,कलियुगके क्षीण हो जानेपर पुनः सत्ययुगका आरम्भ होता है। इस तरह बारह हजार दिव्य वर्षोकी एक चतुर्युगी बतायी गयी है

kṣīṇe kaliyuge caiva pravarteta kṛtaṃ yugam | eṣā dvādaśasāhastrī yugākhyā parikīrtitā ||

جب کلی یُگ اپنی مدت پوری کر کے ختم ہو جاتا ہے تو پھر کِرت (ستیہ) یُگ دوبارہ جاری ہوتا ہے۔ اسی طرح ‘بارہ ہزار’ (دیویہ برسوں) کے نام سے چتُریُگی (چار یُگوں کا چکر) بیان کی گئی ہے۔

क्षीणेwhen (it is) exhausted/ended
क्षीणे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षीण (√क्षि)
Formneuter, locative, singular
कलियुगेin the Kali age
कलियुगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकलियुग
Formneuter, locative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
प्रवर्तेतwould begin/come into operation
प्रवर्तेत:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√वृत्
Formoptative (vidhiliṅ), 3rd, singular, ātmanepada
कृतम्the Kṛta (Satya) age
कृतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृत
Formneuter, nominative, singular
युगम्age/eon
युगम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुग
Formneuter, nominative, singular
एषाthis
एषा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
द्वादशसाहस्त्रीconsisting of twelve thousand (divine years)
द्वादशसाहस्त्री:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वादशसाहस्त्री
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
युगाख्याcalled a yuga / having the designation 'yuga'
युगाख्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुगाख्या
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
परिकीर्तिताis declared/has been proclaimed
परिकीर्तिता:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरि√कीर्त्
Formfeminine, nominative, singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
Kali Yuga
K
Kṛta (Satya) Yuga
C
Caturyuga (cycle of four yugas)

Educational Q&A

Time is cyclical: after the moral and spiritual decline of Kali Yuga reaches completion, renewal occurs with the return of Kṛta/Satya Yuga. The verse frames ethical history as recurring phases rather than a one-way decline.

Vaiśampāyana is explaining the doctrine of the yugas, stating that when Kali Yuga is exhausted, Kṛta Yuga begins again, and that the four-age cycle is traditionally quantified as a ‘twelve-thousand’ measure in divine years.