Odp: SB 1.4.14

December 1, 2000

In regards to your question:

> >> I have a question concerning Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1, Chapter 4, Text

> >> 14. readingcarefully Bhagavatam for the second time I have noticed

> >> information about overlaping four milleniums/ages Satya, Dvapara, treta

> >> & Kali. Srila Prabhupada says that there is sometimes overlaping

> >> between them and therefore in that period third millenium appeared

> >> priorto the second etc. He also mentiones division od every millenium

> >> into three periods called sandhya. I would like to know the sources of

> >> these information. Could you tell me where these information come from?

> >>

> >> Your humble servant

> >> bh Boguslaw

This information is given directly in the verse of SB you quoted. It is

given in various other Puranas also, no doubt. Srila Prabhupada as our

Founder-Acarya and spiritual master has explained what the words of the

sastra mean. This is the duty of the spiritual master. He should explain

what the sometimes cryptic words of sastra mean. SB said:

> Suta Gosvami said: When the second millennium overlapped the third,

> the great sage [Vyasadeva] was born to Parasara in the womb of Satyavati,

> the daughter of Vasu.

So what does it mean that the second millennium overlapped the third? That

is what Srila Prabhupada has explained. The verse itself states the thing,

but to understand it clearly one needs a spiritual master to explain it.

This is the system of Guru-parampara. In order to understand Krishna

consciousness we have the benefit of sadhu, guru and sastra.

I hope this helps you. Your letter:

> TEXT 14

>

> suta uvaca

> dvapare samanuprapte

> trtiye yuga-paryaye

> jatah parasarad yogi

> vasavyam kalaya hareh

>

> sutah--Suta Gosvami; uvaca--said; dvapare--in the second millennium;

> samanuprapte--on the advent of; trtiye--third; yuga--millennium;

> paryaye--in the place of; jatah--was begotten; parasarat--by Parasara;

> yogi--the great sage; vasavyam--in the womb of the daughter of Vasu;

> kalaya--in the plenary portion; hareh--of the Personality of Godhead.

>

> TRANSLATION

>

> Suta Gosvami said: When the second millennium overlapped the third,

> the great sage [Vyasadeva] was born to Parasara in the womb of Satyavati,

> the daughter of Vasu.

>

> PURPORT

>

> There is a chronological order of the four millenniums, namely Satya,

> Dvapara, Treta and Kali. But sometimes there is overlapping. During the

> regime

> of Vaivasvata Manu, there was an overlapping of the twenty-eighth round of

> the

> four millenniums, and the third millennium appeared prior to the second.

> In that particular millennium, Lord Sri Krsna also descends, and because

> of this

> there was some particular alteration. The mother of the great sage was

> Satyavati the daughter of the Vasu (fisherman), and the father was the

> great Parasara Muni. That is the history of Vyasadeva's birth. Every

> millennium is divided into three periods, and each period is called a

> sandhya. Vyasadeva appeared in the third sandhya of that particular age.

>

> -----Wiadomoœæ oryginalna-----

> Od: Jayapataka Swami (GBC) <Jayapataka.Swami (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

> Do: Boguslaw <govinda (AT) op (DOT) onet.pl>

> DW: Answers To KC Questions (Jaya Pataka Swami)

> <Answers.To.KC.Questions (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

> Data: 23 listopada 2000 13:17

> Temat: SB 1.4.14

>

> >> My dear Spiritual Father,

> >> Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

> >> All glories to Guru and Gauranga!