संजय उवाच
चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगानि भरतर्षभ ॥
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च पुष्यं च कुरुवर्धन ॥
पूर्वं कृतयुगं नाम ततस् त्रेतायुगं विभो ॥
संक्षेपाद् द्वापरस्याथ ततः पुष्यं प्रवर्तते ॥
चत्वारि च सहस्राणि वर्षाणां कुरुसत्तम ॥
आयुःसंख्या कृतयुगे संख्याता राजसत्तम ॥
तथा त्रीणि सहस्राणि त्रेतायां मनुजाधिप ॥
द्विसहस्रं द्वापरे तु शते तिष्ठति संप्रति ॥
न प्रमाणस्थितिर् ह्य् अस्ति पुष्ये ऽस्मिन् भरतर्षभ ॥
गर्भस्थाश् च म्रियन्ते ऽत्र तथा जाता म्रियन्ति च ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
catvāri bhārate varṣe yugāni bharatarṣabha ||
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca puṣyaṃ ca kuruvardhana ||
pūrvaṃ kṛtayugaṃ nāma tatas tretāyugaṃ vibho ||
saṃkṣepād dvāparasyātha tataḥ puṣyaṃ pravartate ||
catvāri ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ kurusattama ||
āyuḥsaṃkhyā kṛtayuge saṃkhyātā rājasattama ||
tathā trīṇi sahasrāṇi tretāyāṃ manujādhipa ||
dvisahasraṃ dvāpare tu śate tiṣṭhati saṃprati ||
na pramāṇasthitir hy asti puṣye 'smin bharatarṣabha ||
garbhasthāś ca mriyante 'tra tathā jātā mriyanti ca ||
Sanjaya said: "In Bharata-varsha, O bull among the Bharatas, there are four yugas — Krita, Treta, Dvapara, and Pushya, O increaser of the Kuru line. First comes the age called Krita; then, O lord, the Treta-yuga; after the waning of Dvapara, Pushya begins. In Krita-yuga the span of life, O best of the Kurus, was reckoned at four thousand years, O excellent ruler; in Treta, O lord of men, at three thousand; in Dvapara, at two thousand; and now it stands at a hundred. But in this Pushya, O bull among the Bharatas, there is no fixed measure: here even those still in the womb die, and those already born die as well."
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The sequence of the yugas shows the ebbing of vital strength and stability. The farther an age lies from the original purity of Krita-yuga, the shorter the lifespan, and the less reliable becomes the very order of birth and death.