Shloka 9

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

चत्वारि च सहस्राणि मानुषाणि शिलाशन आयुः कृतयुगे विद्धि प्रजानामिह सुव्रत

Transliteration

catvāri ca sahasrāṇi mānuṣāṇi śilāśana āyuḥ kṛtayuge viddhi prajānāmiha suvrata

Translation

噫“食石者”（坚忍者）啊，当知在克利多纪，此世人类之寿命为四千年；噫，持善誓者啊。

Word by Word

• चत्वारि: four

• च: and

• सहस्राणि: thousands

• मानुषाणि: of humans

• शिलाशन: O ‘rock-eater’ (epithet meaning extremely firm/enduring)

• आयुः: lifespan

• कृतयुगे: in the Kṛta-yuga

• विद्धि: know (understand)

• प्रजानाम्: of the creatures/people

• इह: here (in this world)

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the yuga-measures within the Linga Purana discourse)