FW: Yuga

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Sri SreeKrishna Tatachar wrote: ".................

Two thousand Mahayugas make a Kalpa (or day and night of Brahma, which is

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........1 Kalpa= 14 x 71 x 4320000 + 15*x (2/5) x 4320000 yrs=1000 Mahayugas

*In between two successive Manus, there is a Sandhya period. ............."

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Dear Bhagavatas,

 

I would like to get some doubts clarified and add some comments to Sri ST's

post. My intent is to better understand and appreciate the subject & logic.

This is a lengthy post that may not interest everybody. I apologize.

 

In the post:

1. Initially it is shown 1 Mahayuga = 4,320,000

2. Then, two thousand Mahayugas is shown to equal a Kalpa = 8,640,000,000.

3. Then it was pointed out a Manvantara is also known as MahaYuga, and we

are in the Seventh (Vaivasvata) Manvantara.

4. And then, 1 Kalpa is shown equal to 1000 MahaYugas? -Contradiction with #

2 above. It should be 1/2 Kalpa, if #2 is taken to be correct.

5. Finally, it is shown in the present Kalpa we are past 6 Manus, 27

MahaYugas?, 3 Yugas and 5102 Years into Kali Yuga. This contradicts with #3

that mentions we are in the Seventh Manvantara or MahaYuga!!

 

My argument is, either:

 

a) We are past 6 Manus and 27 Manvantaras

OR

b) We are past 6 Manvantaras, 3 Yugas and 5102 Years into Kalki.

 

Not both - fully or partially.

 

Since we are said to be in the Seventh Manvantara [Vaivasvata] of this

Kalpa, I assume the latter (b) is correct.

 

Now with this information, if we rework the numbers:

 

If 2000 MahaYugas make-up a Kalpa, 1 Kalpa = 8,640,000,000 Years. [A]

 

(Assuming everything else like 1 Manu = 71 MahaYugas and 1 MahaYuga =

4,320,000 and 1 Sandhya = 2/5th of a MahaYuga is correct).

 

1 Kalpa = X Manus + Y Sandhyas (ignoring Y to compute approx. X)

8,640,000,000 = [X * 71 * 4,320,000] => X = 28 Manus.

1 Kalpa = 28 Manus + 30 Sandhyas.

 

Earlier it was mentioned that:

1 Mahayuga = 1 Manvantara = 4,320,000 years. [satya +Treta+ Dwapara+ Kalki]

 

If we accept 1 Kalpa = 2000 Mahayugas or Manvantaras, and we are in the

Seventh Manvantara, it means in this Kalpa, 6 Manvantaras are completed

fully, and 1993 full Manvantaras remain + some portion of this 7th

Manvantara.

 

6 Manvantaras or MahaYugas Time = 6 * 4,320,000 = 25,920,000 years

completed.

 

Elapsed Time in 7th Manvantara =

3 Yugas[s+T+D]+ 5102 Kalki Years=[1,728,000 + 1,296,000 + 864,000] + 5,102 =

3,893,102 [C]

 

Total time elapsed in this (SvetavarAha) Kalpa =

6 Manvantaras + Elapsed Time in 7th Manvantara = + [C] =

25,920,000 + 3,893,102 = 29,813,102 Years [D]

 

Thus, years remaining in this Kalpa

= Total Kalpa Years - Elapsed Kalpa Years = [A] - [D]

= 8,640,000,000 - 29,813,102 = 8,609,760,000! [E]

 

Verification:

 

29,813,102 divided by 4,320,000 ~= 6.9011 (Manvantaras elapsed). Remaining

0.0989 tallies with 426,898 years remaining in Kalki (432,000 - 5102),

confirming we are in the latter part of Seventh Manvantara.

 

Please feel free to correct any errors or misunderstanding.

 

Reverently,

Sriram