The four yugas

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The four yugas are known as a divya yuga. One divya yuga is 12,000 years of

the demigods or 4,320,000 human years.

 

 

KRTA or SATYA-YUGA (Golden Age)

 

Duration - 4,800 demigods years or 1,728,000 human years

Life span - 100,000 years

Yuga dharma - meditation or astanga yoga having eight parts.

 

1) Yama - Rules

2) Niyama - Restrictions

3) Asana - Sitting postures

4) Pranayama - Breathing exercises

5) Pratyahara - Sense restriction

6) Dharana - Meditation

7) Dhyana - Undisturbed meditation

8) Samadhi - Total absorbtion

 

Yuga Avatara (11.5.21)

 

The yuga avatara is white with four arms, has

matted hair and wears a garment of tree bark. He

carries a black deerskin, a sacred thread, prayer

beads and the rod and waterpot of a brahmacari.

 

Symptoms of Satya-yuga

 

The people are peaceful, non-envious, friendly

and naturally Krsna conscious. In Satya-yuga

there was no division of asrama, everyone was a

paramahamsa. There was no demigod worship, only

the worship of Krsna and religion was perfectly

practiced.

 

(S.B. 11.5.21-22)(S.B. Canto 9 Ch. 14)

 

 

TRETA-YUGA (Silver Age)

 

 

Duration - 3,600 demigod years or 1,296,00 human years

Life span - 10,000 years

Yuga dharma - Fire sacrifice, Yajna

Yuga Avatara - The yuga avatara is red. He has four arms and

golden hair. He wears a triple belt representing

initiation into the three Vedas. His symbols are

the sruk, sruva, etc.,(ladle, spoon and other

implements of sacrifice).

 

Symptoms of Treta-yuga

 

In Treta-yuga the people are thoroughly

religious. In Satya-yuga people are naturally

Krsna conscious. In Treta-yuga they are inclined

to become Krsna conscious. To achieve that end

they are very strict in following Vedic

principles.

 

DVARPARA-YUGA (Copper Age)

 

 

Duration - 2,400 demigod years or 864,000 human years

Life span - 1,000 years

Yuga Avatara - In Dvapara-yuga his complexion is dark blue. He

wears yellow garments. His body is marked with

Srivatsa and other distinctive ornaments, and He

manifests His personal weapons.

 

NOTE: In other Dvapara-yugas before Krsna's appearance,

the yuga avatara was somewhat greenish.

 

The original Personality of Godhead from whom all

other incarnations expand is Sri Krsna. He

appears once in a day of Brahma, during the

period of the seventh manu (Vaivasvata) in the

28th divyayuga. The original Personality of

Godhead Krsna only comes once in a day of Brahma.

Although in every Dvapara-yuga there is a yuga

avatara, they are all expansions of Visnu,

who is an expansion of Sri Krsna.

 

Symptoms of Dvapara-yuga

 

In Dvapara-yuga people have the weaknesses of

mortal beingss, but they have a strong desire to

know about the Absolute Truth and they worship

the Lord in the mood of honoring a great king,

following the prescriptions of both Vedas and

tantras.

 

KALI-YUGA (Iron Age)

 

 

Duration - 1,200 demigod years or 432,000 human years

Life span - 100 years

Yuga dharma - Chanting the Hare Krsna (Maha) mantra

Yuga Avatara - The yuga avatara for the age of Kali is golden or

yellow. For this Kali-yuga Lord Caitanya has

appeared although He does not appear in every

Kali-yuga. The yuga avatara for Kali-yuga is

generally black. Lord Caitanya, who is Krsna

Himself, appears only in the Kali-yuga

immediately following the appearance of Sri Krsna

in Dvapara-yuga.

 

Symptoms of Kali-yuga

 

O, learned one in the age of Kali, men have but

short lives. They are quarrelsome, lazy,

misguided unlucky and above all, always

disturbed.

(S.B.1.1.10)

 

NOTE:

 

There is a chronological order of the four yugas - Satya,

Dvapara, Treta and Kali. Sometimes there is an overlapping.

During the regime of Vaivasvata Manu there was an

overlapping of the twenty eighth divya-yuga and the third

yuga, Treta appears before the second, Dvapara. When this

happens the source of all incarnations, Krsna, appears.

Every yuga is divided into three periods called sandhyas.

(S.B. 1.4.14)

 

One thousand divya-yugas equals one day of Brahma. In Brahma's one day there

are fourteen Manus. In each one Manu enjoys a life of seventy-two divya-yugas

or 852,000 years of the demigods or 306,720,000 human years. After the

dissolution of every Manu a new Manu comes. The seven great sages as well as

the leaders in the heavenly planets like Indra, etc., also rotate along with

each change of Manu. Thus with the change of each and every Manu the universal

management also changes.

 

In Brahma's one day there are 14 Manus

In Brahma's one month there are 420 Manus

In Brahma's one year there are 5,040 manus

In Brahma's lifetime there are 504,000 Manus

 

MANVANTARA AVATARAS

 

The present age is the Vaivasvata Manu and Brahma's present day is the Sveta

Varaha Kalpa.

 

14 Manus for this day of Brahma

 

1) Svayambhuva Manu - son of Lord Brahma

2) Svarocisa Manu - son of Agni

3) Uttama Manu - son of Priyavrata

4) Tamasa Manu - brother of Uttama

5) Raivata Manu - brother of Tamasa

6) Caksusa Manu - son of the demigod Caksu

7) Vaivasvata Manu - son of the sun-god Vivasvan

8) Savarni Manu - son of the sun-god by his wife Chaya

9) Daksa Savarni - son of Varuna

10) Brahma Sarvani _ son of Brahma

11) Dharma Savarni - son of Ruci

12) Rudra Savarni - son of Rudra

13) Deva Savarni - son of Satyasaha

14) Indra Savarni - son of Bhuti

 

During the period of each manu different sages accept the position of Vyasa

or the compiler of the Vedas, Puranas, etc. Thus in the Dvapara-yuga of each

divya-yuga a different sage accepts the position of Vyasa.

 

28 Vyasas of the Vaivasvata Manvantara

 

1) Brahma 15) Trayyaruna

2) Prajapati or Manu 16) Dhananjaya

3) Usana, Sukracarya 17) Krtanjaya

4) Brhaspati 18) Rina

5) Savitri 19) Bharadvaja

6) Yamaraja 20) Gautama

7) Indra 21) Uttama

8) Vasistha 22) Vena

9) Sarasvata 23) Somasushmapana

10) Tridhama 24) Riksha or Valmiki

11) Trivishan 25) Sakti, father of Parasara Muni

12) Bharadhvaja 26) Parasara Muni

13) Antariksa 27) Jaratkaru

14) Vapra 28) Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa

 

In the next Dvapara-yuga the Vyasa will be Asvattama the son of Drona.

 

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