Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 29
BndP 1 29.1
ऋषिरुवाच चतुर्युगानि यान्यासन्पूर्वं स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे । तेषां निसर्गं तत्त्वं च श्रोतुमिच्छामि विस्तरात्
ṛṣiruvāca caturyugāni yānyāsanpūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare / teṣāṃ nisargaṃ tattvaṃ ca śrotumicchāmi vistarāt
The seer said: The four Ages that formerly were in the Manu-period of the Self-born — I wish to hear at length of their coming forth and their true nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.2
सूत उवाच पृथिव्यादिप्रसंगेन यन्मया प्रागुदीरितम् । तेषां चतुर्युगं ह्येतत्तद्वक्ष्यामि निबोधत
sūta uvāca pṛthivyādiprasaṃgena yanmayā prāgudīritam / teṣāṃ caturyugaṃ hyetattadvakṣyāmi nibodhata
Sūta said: What I stated earlier in connection with the earth and the rest — this is their set of four Ages; that I shall tell; listen.
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BndP 1 29.3
संख्ययेह प्रसंख्याय विस्तराच्चैव सर्वशः । युगं च युगभेदश्च युगधर्मस्तथैव च
saṃkhyayeha prasaṃkhyāya vistarāccaiva sarvaśaḥ / yugaṃ ca yugabhedaśca yugadharmastathaiva ca
Having reckoned it here by number and fully at length in every way — the Age, the division of the Ages, and likewise the law of each Age,
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BndP 1 29.4
युगसंध्यांशकश्चैव युगसंधानमेव च । षट्प्रकाशयुगाख्यैषा ता प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्त्वतः
yugasaṃdhyāṃśakaścaiva yugasaṃdhānameva ca / ṣaṭprakāśayugākhyaiṣā tā pravakṣyāmi tattvataḥ
and the portion (called) the twilight of the Age, and the juncture of the Ages: this sixfold exposition under the name of the Ages I shall proclaim truly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.5
लौकिकेन प्रमाणेन निष्पाद्याब्दं तु मानुषम् । तेनाब्देन प्रसंख्यायै वक्ष्यामीह वतुर्युगम् । निमेषकाल तुल्यं हि विद्याल्लघ्वक्षरं च यत्
laukikena pramāṇena niṣpādyābdaṃ tu mānuṣam / tenābdena prasaṃkhyāyai vakṣyāmīha vaturyugam / nimeṣakāla tulyaṃ hi vidyāllaghvakṣaraṃ ca yat
By the worldly measure the human year is to be arrived at; by that year, having reckoned it, I shall here declare the four Ages. One should know that a short syllable equals the duration of a wink (nimeṣa).
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BndP 1 29.8
काष्ठा निमेषा दश पञ्च चैव त्रिशच्च काष्ठा गणयेत्कलां तु । त्रिंशत्कलाश्चापि भवेन्मुहूर्त्तस्तै स्त्रिंशता रात्र्यहनी समे ते ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,२९।६ ॥ अहोरात्रौ विभजते सूर्यो मानुषलौकिकौ ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,२९।७ ॥ तत्राहः कर्मचेष्टायां रात्रिः स्वप्नाय कल्पते । पित्र्ये रात्र्यहनी मासः प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः
kāṣṭhā nimeṣā daśa pañca caiva triśacca kāṣṭhā gaṇayetkalāṃ tu / triṃśatkalāścāpi bhavenmuhūrttastai striṃśatā rātryahanī same te // bndp_1,29.6 // ahorātrau vibhajate sūryo mānuṣalaukikau // bndp_1,29.7 // tatrāhaḥ karmaceṣṭāyāṃ rātriḥ svapnāya kalpate / pitrye rātryahanī māsaḥ pravibhāgastayoḥ punaḥ
Fifteen winks (make) a kāṣṭhā; thirty kāṣṭhās one should count as a kalā; thirty kalās make a muhūrta, and by thirty of these (muhūrtas) the night and the day are equal. // 29.6 // The sun divides the human, worldly day and night. // 29.7 // Therein the day serves for the performance of work, the night for sleep. For the fathers, a month is (their) night and day; and the division of those two again (is as follows):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.9
कृष्णपक्षस्त्वहस्तेषां शुक्लः स्वप्नाय शर्वरी । त्रिंशद्ये मानुषा मासाः पित्र्यो मासस्तु सः स्मृतः
kṛṣṇapakṣastvahasteṣāṃ śuklaḥ svapnāya śarvarī / triṃśadye mānuṣā māsāḥ pitryo māsastu saḥ smṛtaḥ
For them the dark fortnight is the day, and the bright fortnight the night for sleep. Thirty human months — that is reckoned as one month of the fathers.
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BndP 1 29.10
शतानि त्रीणि मासानां षष्ट्या चाप्यधिकानि वै । पित्र्यः संवत्सरो ह्येष मानुषेण विभाव्यते
śatāni trīṇi māsānāṃ ṣaṣṭyā cāpyadhikāni vai / pitryaḥ saṃvatsaro hyeṣa mānuṣeṇa vibhāvyate
Three hundred months, and sixty more besides — this is a year of the ancestors, reckoned by human (measure).
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BndP 1 29.11
मानुषे णैव मानेन वर्षाणां यच्छतं भवेत् । पितॄणां त्रीणि वर्षाणि संख्यातानीह तानि वै
mānuṣe ṇaiva mānena varṣāṇāṃ yacchataṃ bhavet / pitṝṇāṃ trīṇi varṣāṇi saṃkhyātānīha tāni vai
Whatever amounts to a hundred years by human measure, those are reckoned here as three years of the ancestors,
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BndP 1 29.12
दश चैवाधिका मासाः पितृसंख्येह संज्ञिताः । लौकिकेनैव मानेन हृब्दो यो मानुषः स्मृतः
daśa caivādhikā māsāḥ pitṛsaṃkhyeha saṃjñitāḥ / laukikenaiva mānena hṛbdo yo mānuṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
and ten months more — (so much) is designated here in the ancestors' reckoning as the human year according to worldly measure.
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BndP 1 29.13
एतद्दिव्यमहोरात्रं शास्त्रे स्यान्निश्चयो गतः । दिव्ये रात्र्यहनी वर्ष प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः
etaddivyamahorātraṃ śāstre syānniścayo gataḥ / divye rātryahanī varṣa pravibhāgastayoḥ punaḥ
This is a divine day-and-night: so the settled conclusion stands in the treatise. In the divine (reckoning) a year is (one) night and day, and again (there is) a division of those two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.14
अहस्तत्रोदगयनं रात्रिः स्याद्दक्षिणायनम् । ये ते रात्र्यहनी दिव्ये प्रसंख्यानं तयोः पुनः
ahastatrodagayanaṃ rātriḥ syāddakṣiṇāyanam / ye te rātryahanī divye prasaṃkhyānaṃ tayoḥ punaḥ
There the northern course (of the sun) is the day, and the southern course would be the night. Those two, the divine night and day — the reckoning of them again (is as follows):
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BndP 1 29.15
त्रिंशद्यानि तु वर्षाणि दिप्यो मासस्तु स स्मृतः । यन्मानुषं शतं विद्धि दिव्या मासास्त्रयस्तु ते
triṃśadyāni tu varṣāṇi dipyo māsastu sa smṛtaḥ / yanmānuṣaṃ śataṃ viddhi divyā māsāstrayastu te
Thirty of those years are held to be a divine month. Know that a human hundred (of years) is three divine months,
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BndP 1 29.16
दश चैव तथाहानि दिव्यो ह्येष विधिः स्मृतः । त्रीणि वर्षशतान्येव षष्टिवर्षाणि यानि तु । दिव्यः संवत्सरो ह्येष मानुषेण प्रकीर्त्तितः
daśa caiva tathāhāni divyo hyeṣa vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ / trīṇi varṣaśatānyeva ṣaṣṭivarṣāṇi yāni tu / divyaḥ saṃvatsaro hyeṣa mānuṣeṇa prakīrttitaḥ
and likewise ten days: this is held to be the divine rule. Three hundred years and sixty years — this is proclaimed to be a divine year in human (measure).
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BndP 1 29.17
त्रीणि वर्ष सहस्राणि मानुषाणि प्रमाणतः । त्रिंशदन्यानि वर्षाणि मतः सप्तर्षिवत्सरः
trīṇi varṣa sahasrāṇi mānuṣāṇi pramāṇataḥ / triṃśadanyāni varṣāṇi mataḥ saptarṣivatsaraḥ
Three thousand human years by measure, and thirty years more: that is considered the year of the Seven Sages.
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BndP 1 29.18
नव यानि सहस्राणि वर्षाणां मानुषाणि तु । अन्यानि नवतिश्चैव ध्रुवः संवत्सरः स्मृतः
nava yāni sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇi tu / anyāni navatiścaiva dhruvaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ smṛtaḥ
Nine thousand human years, and ninety more: that is held to be the year of Dhruva.
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BndP 1 29.21
षड्विंशतिसहस्राणि वर्षाणि मानुषाणि तु । वर्षाणां तु शतं ज्ञेयं दिव्यो ह्येष विधिः स्मृतः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,२९।१९ ॥ त्रीण्येव नियुतान्याहुर्वर्षाणां मानुषाणि तु ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,२९।२० ॥ षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि संख्यातानि तु संख्याया । दिव्यवर्षसहस्र तु प्राहुः संख्याविदो जनाः
ṣaḍviṃśatisahasrāṇi varṣāṇi mānuṣāṇi tu / varṣāṇāṃ tu śataṃ jñeyaṃ divyo hyeṣa vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ // bndp_1,29.19 // trīṇyeva niyutānyāhurvarṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇi tu // bndp_1,29.20 // ṣaṣṭiścaiva sahasrāṇi saṃkhyātāni tu saṃkhyāyā / divyavarṣasahasra tu prāhuḥ saṃkhyāvido janāḥ
Twenty-six thousand human years, and a hundred years (more), are to be known: this is held to be the divine rule. // Three hundred thousand human years, they say, // and sixty thousand, thus counted in the reckoning: this, men who know reckoning call a thousand divine years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.22
इत्येवमृषिभिर्गीतं दिव्यया संख्याया त्विह । दिव्येनैव प्रमाणेन युगसंख्याप्रकल्पनम्
ityevamṛṣibhirgītaṃ divyayā saṃkhyāyā tviha / divyenaiva pramāṇena yugasaṃkhyāprakalpanam
Thus has it been sung by the seers here with the divine reckoning; by the divine measure alone is the calculation of the number (of years) of the yugas (made).
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BndP 1 29.23
चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगानि कवयो ऽबुवन् । कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुष्टयम्
catvāri bhārate varṣe yugāni kavayo 'buvan / kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliśceti catuṣṭayam
In the land of Bhārata the poets declared four yugas: Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali — that is the set of four.
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BndP 1 29.24
पूर्व कृतयुकं नाम ततस्त्रेती विधीयते । द्वापरं च कलिश्चैव युगान्येतानि कल्पयेत्
pūrva kṛtayukaṃ nāma tatastretī vidhīyate / dvāparaṃ ca kaliścaiva yugānyetāni kalpayet
First is the yuga named Kṛta; then Tretā is laid down; and Dvāpara and Kali — one should reckon these as the yugas.
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BndP 1 29.25
चत्वार्याहुः सहस्राणि वर्षाणां च कृत युगम् । तस्य तावच्छती संध्या संध्यांशः संध्याया समः
catvāryāhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ ca kṛta yugam / tasya tāvacchatī saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaḥ saṃdhyāyā samaḥ
They say the Kṛta yuga is four thousand years; its twilight (period) is four hundred, and the twilight-portion is equal to the twilight.
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BndP 1 29.26
इतरेषु ससंध्येषु ससंध्यांशेषु च त्रिषु । एकन्यायेन वर्तन्ते सहस्राणि शतानि च
itareṣu sasaṃdhyeṣu sasaṃdhyāṃśeṣu ca triṣu / ekanyāyena vartante sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
In the other three, with their twilights and twilight-portions, the thousands and hundreds proceed by the same rule.
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BndP 1 29.27
त्रीणि द्वे च सहस्राणि त्रेताद्वापरयोः क्रमात् । त्रिशती द्विशती संध्ये संध्यांशौ चापि तत्समौ
trīṇi dve ca sahasrāṇi tretādvāparayoḥ kramāt / triśatī dviśatī saṃdhye saṃdhyāṃśau cāpi tatsamau
Three thousand and two thousand for Tretā and Dvāpara respectively; three hundred and two hundred are the twilights, and the twilight-portions are equal to those.
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BndP 1 29.28
कलिं वर्षसरस्रं तु युगमाहुर्द्विजोत्तमाः । तस्यैकशतिका संध्या संध्यांशः संध्यया समः
kaliṃ varṣasarasraṃ tu yugamāhurdvijottamāḥ / tasyaikaśatikā saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaḥ saṃdhyayā samaḥ
The best of the twice-born call Kali a yuga of one thousand years; its twilight is one hundred, and the twilight-portion is equal to the twilight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.29
तेषां द्वादशसाहस्री युगसंख्या प्रकीर्त्तिता । कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चैव चतुष्टयम्
teṣāṃ dvādaśasāhasrī yugasaṃkhyā prakīrttitā / kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliścaiva catuṣṭayam
The number of years of these (yugas) is proclaimed to be twelve thousand: Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali — the set of four.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.30
अत्र संवत्सरा दृष्टा मानुषेण प्रमाणतः । कृतस्य तावद्वक्ष्यामि वर्षाणि च निबोधत
atra saṃvatsarā dṛṣṭā mānuṣeṇa pramāṇataḥ / kṛtasya tāvadvakṣyāmi varṣāṇi ca nibodhata
Here the years are seen by human measure. I shall now state the years of the Kṛta (yuga); listen.
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BndP 1 29.31
सहस्राणां शतान्याहुश्चतुर्दश हि संख्याया । चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राणि तथान्यानि कृतं युगम्
sahasrāṇāṃ śatānyāhuścaturdaśa hi saṃkhyāyā / catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi tathānyāni kṛtaṃ yugam
In the reckoning they say fourteen hundred thousands, and forty thousand more: (that is) the Kṛta yuga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.32
तथा शतसहस्राणि वर्षाणि दशसंख्याया । अशीतिश्च सहस्राणि कालस्त्रेतायुगस्य सः
tathā śatasahasrāṇi varṣāṇi daśasaṃkhyāyā / aśītiśca sahasrāṇi kālastretāyugasya saḥ
And a hundred thousand years, ten in number, and eighty thousand — that is the duration of the Tretā age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.33
सप्तैव नियुतान्याहुर्वर्षाणां मानुषेण तु । विंशतिश्च सहस्रामि कालः स द्वापरस्य च
saptaiva niyutānyāhurvarṣāṇāṃ mānuṣeṇa tu / viṃśatiśca sahasrāmi kālaḥ sa dvāparasya ca
They declare it to be just seven hundred-thousands (niyutas) of years by human reckoning, and twenty thousand: that is the duration of the Dvāpara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.34
तथा शतसहस्राणि वर्षाणां त्रीणि संख्यया । षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि कालः कलियुगस्य तु
tathā śatasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ trīṇi saṃkhyayā / ṣaṣṭiścaiva sahasrāṇi kālaḥ kaliyugasya tu
And a hundred thousand years, three in number, and sixty thousand: that is the duration of the Kali age.
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BndP 1 29.35
एवं चतुर्युगे काल ऋतैः संध्यांशकैः स्मृतः । नियुतान्येव षडिंशान्निरसानि युगानि वै
evaṃ caturyuge kāla ṛtaiḥ saṃdhyāṃśakaiḥ smṛtaḥ / niyutānyeva ṣaḍiṃśānnirasāni yugāni vai
Thus the time in the fourfold age is reckoned together with the (six) seasons and the twilight portions; the ages are indeed niyutas, thirty-six, without remainder.
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BndP 1 29.36
चत्वारिंशत्तथा त्रीणि नियुता नीह संख्यया । विंशतिश्च सहस्राणि स संध्यांशश्चतुर्युगः
catvāriṃśattathā trīṇi niyutā nīha saṃkhyayā / viṃśatiśca sahasrāṇi sa saṃdhyāṃśaścaturyugaḥ
Forty and three niyutas here by reckoning, and twenty thousand: that is the fourfold age with its twilight portions.
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BndP 1 29.37
एवं चतुर्युगाख्यानां साधिका ह्येकसप्ततिः । कृतत्रेतादियुक्तानां मनोरन्तरमुच्यते
evaṃ caturyugākhyānāṃ sādhikā hyekasaptatiḥ / kṛtatretādiyuktānāṃ manorantaramucyate
Thus seventy-one of what are called the fourfold ages, with something over, comprising the Kṛta, Tretā and the rest, is said to be a manvantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.38
मन्वन्तरस्य संख्यां तु वर्षाग्रेण निबोधत । त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तु वर्षाणां मानुषेण प्रकीर्त्तिताः
manvantarasya saṃkhyāṃ tu varṣāgreṇa nibodhata / triṃśatkoṭyastu varṣāṇāṃ mānuṣeṇa prakīrttitāḥ
Now learn the reckoning of a manvantara in terms of the number of years: thirty crores of years are declared (for it) by human reckoning,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.39
सप्त षष्टिस्तथान्यानि नियुतान्यधिकानि तु । विशतिश्च सहस्राणि कालो ऽयं साधिकं विना
sapta ṣaṣṭistathānyāni niyutānyadhikāni tu / viśatiśca sahasrāṇi kālo 'yaṃ sādhikaṃ vinā
and seven and sixty other niyutas in addition, and twenty thousand: this is the duration, apart from the excess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.40
मन्वन्तरस्य संख्यैषा संख्या विद्भिर्द्विजैः स्मृता । मन्वन्तरस्य कालो ऽयं युगैः सार्द्धं च कीर्त्तितः
manvantarasya saṃkhyaiṣā saṃkhyā vidbhirdvijaiḥ smṛtā / manvantarasya kālo 'yaṃ yugaiḥ sārddhaṃ ca kīrttitaḥ
This is the reckoning of a manvantara, so recorded by brahmins skilled in reckoning; this duration of a manvantara has been proclaimed together with the ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.41
चतुः साहस्रयुक्तं वै प्राकृतं तत्कृतं युगम् । त्रेताशिष्टं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्वापरं कलिमेव च
catuḥ sāhasrayuktaṃ vai prākṛtaṃ tatkṛtaṃ yugam / tretāśiṣṭaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvāparaṃ kalimeva ca
That Kṛta age of the (primal) creation, joined with four thousand (years) — now I shall declare the remainder of the Tretā, and the Dvāpara, and the Kali too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.42
युगपत्समयेनार्थो द्विधा वक्तुं न शक्यते । क्रमागतं मया ह्येतत्तुभ्यं नोक्त युग द्वयम्
yugapatsamayenārtho dvidhā vaktuṃ na śakyate / kramāgataṃ mayā hyetattubhyaṃ nokta yuga dvayam
A subject cannot be told in two ways at one and the same time; therefore this has been set forth by me in sequence, and the two ages have not (yet) been told to you,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.43
ऋषिवंशप्रसंगेन व्याकुलत्वात्तथैव च । अत्र त्रेतायुगस्यादौ मनुः सप्तर्षयश्च ये
ṛṣivaṃśaprasaṃgena vyākulatvāttathaiva ca / atra tretāyugasyādau manuḥ saptarṣayaśca ye
because of the digression on the lineages of the sages, and likewise because of the confusion. Here, at the beginning of the Tretā age, (there were) the Manu and those who are the seven sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.44
श्रौत स्मार्त्त च ते धर्म ब्रह्मणानुप्रचौदितम् । दाराग्निहोत्रसंबन्धमृग्यजुः सामसंहितम्
śrauta smārtta ca te dharma brahmaṇānupracauditam / dārāgnihotrasaṃbandhamṛgyajuḥ sāmasaṃhitam
That twofold law, the Vedic (śrauta) and the traditional (smārta), was urged forth by Brahmā: connected with marriage and the agnihotra, comprising the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.45
इत्यादिलक्षणं श्रौतं धर्म सप्तर्षयो ऽब्रुवन् । परंपरागतं धर्म स्मार्त्तं चाचारलक्षणम्
ityādilakṣaṇaṃ śrautaṃ dharma saptarṣayo 'bruvan / paraṃparāgataṃ dharma smārttaṃ cācāralakṣaṇam
the śrauta law, of such and such characteristics, the seven sages declared; and the smārta law, come down by succession and characterized by (proper) conduct,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.46
वर्णाश्रमाचारयुतं मनुः स्वायंभुवो ऽब्रवीत् । सत्येन ब्रह्मचर्येण श्रुतेन तपसा च वै
varṇāśramācārayutaṃ manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo 'bravīt / satyena brahmacaryeṇa śrutena tapasā ca vai
joined with the observances of the classes and the stages of life, Manu Svāyambhuva declared — by truth, by chastity, by sacred learning and by austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.47
तेषां तु तप्ततपसा आर्षेणोपक्रमेण तु । सप्तर्षीणां मनोश्चैव ह्याद्ये त्रेतायुगे तथा
teṣāṃ tu taptatapasā ārṣeṇopakrameṇa tu / saptarṣīṇāṃ manoścaiva hyādye tretāyuge tathā
And by their austerity, practised through the mode of the seers — of the seven sages and of Manu — at the beginning of the Tretā age,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.48
अबुद्धिपूर्वकं तेषामक्रियापूर्वमेव च । अभिव्यक्तास्तु ते मन्त्रास्तारकाद्यैर्निदर्शनैः
abuddhipūrvakaṃ teṣāmakriyāpūrvameva ca / abhivyaktāstu te mantrāstārakādyairnidarśanaiḥ
those mantras became manifest to them without any prior thought and without any prior act, through such indications as the stars and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.49
आदिकल्पे तु देवानां प्रादुर्भूतास्तु याः स्वयम् । प्राणाशेष्वथ सिद्धीनामन्यासां च प्रवर्त्तनम्
ādikalpe tu devānāṃ prādurbhūtāstu yāḥ svayam / prāṇāśeṣvatha siddhīnāmanyāsāṃ ca pravarttanam
And in the first kalpa those (powers) of the gods which appeared of themselves, and, at the perishing of breaths, the operation of the (yogic) attainments and of the others,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.50
आसन्मन्त्रा व्यतीतेषु ये कल्पेषु सहस्रशः । ते मन्त्रा वै पुनस्तेषां प्रतिभायामुपस्थिताः
āsanmantrā vyatīteṣu ye kalpeṣu sahasraśaḥ / te mantrā vai punasteṣāṃ pratibhāyāmupasthitāḥ
the mantras that existed by the thousands in the kalpas gone by — those same mantras again presented themselves to their intuition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.51
ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि मन्त्रश्चाथर्वणानि तु । सप्तर्षिभिस्तु ते प्रोक्ताः स्मार्त्तं धर्मं मनुर्जगौ
ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni mantraścātharvaṇāni tu / saptarṣibhistu te proktāḥ smārttaṃ dharmaṃ manurjagau
The ṛcs, the yajuses, the sāmans and the mantras of the Atharvan — these were proclaimed by the seven sages, while Manu sang forth the smārta law.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.52
त्रेतादौ संहिता वेदाः केवला धर्मसेतवः । संरोधादायुषश्चैव वर्त्स्यन्ते द्वापरेषु वै
tretādau saṃhitā vedāḥ kevalā dharmasetavaḥ / saṃrodhādāyuṣaścaiva vartsyante dvāpareṣu vai
At the beginning of the Tretā the Vedas were compiled, the sole dykes of dharma; and because of the shortening of lifespan they will operate (in divided form) in the Dvāpara ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.53
ऋषयस्तपसा वेदान्द्वापरादिष्वधीयते । अनादिनिधिना दिव्याः पूर्वं सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा
ṛṣayastapasā vedāndvāparādiṣvadhīyate / anādinidhinā divyāḥ pūrvaṃ sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā
The sages, by austerity, study the Vedas in the beginnings of the Dvāpara ages — the divine (Vedas) created formerly by the Self-existent one, who is without beginning or end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.54
सधर्माः सव्रताः सांगा यथाधर्मं युगेयुगे । विक्रियन्ते समानार्था वेदवादा यथायुगम्
sadharmāḥ savratāḥ sāṃgā yathādharmaṃ yugeyuge / vikriyante samānārthā vedavādā yathāyugam
Together with their dharmas, their vows and their ancillary limbs, in accordance with dharma in each yuga, the Vedic utterances undergo alteration age by age, their purport remaining the same.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.55
आरंभयज्ञाः क्षत्राश्च हविर्यज्ञा विशस्तथा । परिचारयज्ञाः शूद्रास्तु जपयज्ञा द्विजोत्तमाः
āraṃbhayajñāḥ kṣatrāśca haviryajñā viśastathā / paricārayajñāḥ śūdrāstu japayajñā dvijottamāḥ
The kṣatriyas have sacrifice by undertaking (works), the vaiśyas likewise sacrifice by oblation, the śūdras sacrifice by service, and the best of the twice-born sacrifice by muttered recitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.56
तदा प्रमुदिता वर्णास्त्रेतायां धर्मपालिताः । क्रियावन्तः प्रजावन्तः समृद्धाः सुखिनस्तथा
tadā pramuditā varṇāstretāyāṃ dharmapālitāḥ / kriyāvantaḥ prajāvantaḥ samṛddhāḥ sukhinastathā
Then in the Tretā the classes were delighted, protected by dharma, performing rites, possessed of offspring, prosperous and happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.57
ब्राह्मणाननुर्त्तन्ते क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियान्विशः । वैश्यानुवर्त्तिनः शुद्राः परस्परमनुव्रताः
brāhmaṇānanurttante kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyānviśaḥ / vaiśyānuvarttinaḥ śudrāḥ parasparamanuvratāḥ
The kṣatriyas conformed to the brāhmaṇas, the vaiśyas to the kṣatriyas, and the śūdras followed the vaiśyas, each devoted to the other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.58
शुभाः प्रवृत्तयस्तेषां धर्मा वर्णाश्रमास्तथा । संकल्पितेन मनसा वाचोक्तेन स्वकर्मणा
śubhāḥ pravṛttayasteṣāṃ dharmā varṇāśramāstathā / saṃkalpitena manasā vācoktena svakarmaṇā
Auspicious were their courses of conduct, and their dharmas and the classes and stages of life — by mind's resolve, by speech uttered, and by one's own action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.59
त्रेतायुगे च विफलः कर्मारंभः प्रसिद्ध्यति । आयुर्मेधा बलं रूपमारोग्यं धर्मशीलता
tretāyuge ca viphalaḥ karmāraṃbhaḥ prasiddhyati / āyurmedhā balaṃ rūpamārogyaṃ dharmaśīlatā
And in the Tretā age the undertaking of works succeeds without fruit(?); long life, intelligence, strength, beauty, health, and a dharmic disposition —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.60
सर्वसाधारणा ह्येते त्रेतायां वै भवं त्युत । वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थानं तेषां ब्रह्मा तदाकरोत्
sarvasādhāraṇā hyete tretāyāṃ vai bhavaṃ tyuta / varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ teṣāṃ brahmā tadākarot
— these indeed were common to all in the Tretā; moreover, Brahmā then made for them the ordering of classes and stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.61
पुनः प्रजास्तु ता मोहाद्धर्मा स्तानप्यपालयन् । परस्परविरोधेन मनुं ताः पुनरभ्ययुः
punaḥ prajāstu tā mohāddharmā stānapyapālayan / parasparavirodhena manuṃ tāḥ punarabhyayuḥ
But again those creatures, out of delusion, failed to preserve even those dharmas; and through mutual conflict they came once more to Manu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.62
पुनः स्वायंभुवो दृष्ट्वा याथातथ्यं प्रजापतिः । ध्यात्वा तु शतरूपायां पुत्रौ स उदपादयत्
punaḥ svāyaṃbhuvo dṛṣṭvā yāthātathyaṃ prajāpatiḥ / dhyātvā tu śatarūpāyāṃ putrau sa udapādayat
Again the self-born lord of creatures, seeing how things really stood, meditated and begot two sons upon Śatarūpā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.63
प्रियव्रतो त्तानपादौ प्रथमौ तौ मोहीक्षितौ । ततः प्रभृति राजान उत्पन्ना दण्डधारिणः
priyavrato ttānapādau prathamau tau mohīkṣitau / tataḥ prabhṛti rājāna utpannā daṇḍadhāriṇaḥ
Priyavrata and Uttānapāda were those first two, rulers of the earth(?); from that time onward kings were born, bearers of the rod of punishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.64
प्रजानां रञ्जनाच्चैव राजानस्ते ऽभवन्नृपाः । प्रच्छन्न पापास्तैर्ये च न शक्यास्तु नराधिपैः
prajānāṃ rañjanāccaiva rājānaste 'bhavannṛpāḥ / pracchanna pāpāstairye ca na śakyāstu narādhipaiḥ
And because they delighted (rañjana) the subjects, those protectors became 'kings' (rājan); but those whose sins were concealed, and thieves, could not be (curbed) by the rulers of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.65
धर्मराजः स्मृतस्तेषां शास्ता वैवस्वतो यमः । वर्णानां प्रविभागाश्च त्रेतायां संप्रकीर्त्तिताः
dharmarājaḥ smṛtasteṣāṃ śāstā vaivasvato yamaḥ / varṇānāṃ pravibhāgāśca tretāyāṃ saṃprakīrttitāḥ
Yama Vaivasvata, their chastiser, is remembered as the king of dharma; and the divisions of the classes have been fully declared as they were in the Tretā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.66
संभृताच्च तदा मन्त्रा ऋषिभिर्ब्रह्मणः सुतैः । यज्ञाः प्रवर्त्तिताश्चैव तदा ह्येव तु दैवतैः
saṃbhṛtācca tadā mantrā ṛṣibhirbrahmaṇaḥ sutaiḥ / yajñāḥ pravarttitāścaiva tadā hyeva tu daivataiḥ
And then the mantras were gathered by the sages, the sons of Brahmā, and at that very time sacrifices were set going by the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.67
यामशुक्रार्जितैश्चैव सर्वसाधन संभृतैः । सार्द्धं विश्वभुजा चैव देवेन्द्रेण महौजसा
yāmaśukrārjitaiścaiva sarvasādhana saṃbhṛtaiḥ / sārddhaṃ viśvabhujā caiva devendreṇa mahaujasā
— with the things won by Yama and Śukra, gathered together with every means, along with Viśvabhuj, the mighty lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.68
स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे देवैर्यज्ञस्तैः प्राक्प्रवर्त्तितः । सत्यं जपस्तपो दानं त्रेताया धर्म उच्यते
svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare devairyajñastaiḥ prākpravarttitaḥ / satyaṃ japastapo dānaṃ tretāyā dharma ucyate
In the Svāyambhuva manvantara sacrifice was first set going by those gods. Truth, recitation, austerity and giving are called the dharma of the Tretā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.69
तदा धर्म्मसहस्रान्ते ऽहिंसाधर्मः प्रवर्त्तते । जायन्ते च तदा शूरा आयुष्मन्तो महाबलाः
tadā dharmmasahasrānte 'hiṃsādharmaḥ pravarttate / jāyante ca tadā śūrā āyuṣmanto mahābalāḥ
Then, at the end of a thousand dharmas(?), the dharma of non-injury prevails; and then are born heroes, long-lived and of great strength,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.70
व्यस्तदण्डा महाभागा धर्मिष्ठा ब्रह्मवादिनः । पद्मपत्रायताक्षाश्च पृथूरस्काः सुसंहताः
vyastadaṇḍā mahābhāgā dharmiṣṭhā brahmavādinaḥ / padmapatrāyatākṣāśca pṛthūraskāḥ susaṃhatāḥ
who have laid aside the rod of punishment, greatly fortunate, most devoted to dharma, speakers of the Veda, with eyes long as lotus petals, broad-chested and well-knit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.71
सिंहातङ्का महासत्त्वा मत्तमातङ्गगमिनः । महाधनुर्द्धराश्चैव त्रेतायां चक्रवर्त्तिनः
siṃhātaṅkā mahāsattvā mattamātaṅgagaminaḥ / mahādhanurddharāścaiva tretāyāṃ cakravarttinaḥ
formidable as lions, of great substance, moving like elephants in rut, wielders of great bows — the universal emperors of the Tretā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.72
सर्वलक्षणसम्पूर्मा न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डलाः । न्यग्रोधौ तु स्मृतौ बाहू व्यामो न्यग्रोध उच्यते
sarvalakṣaṇasampūrmā nyagrodhaparimaṇḍalāḥ / nyagrodhau tu smṛtau bāhū vyāmo nyagrodha ucyate
(They are) endowed with all the (auspicious) marks, of the girth of a banyan; the two arms are called the banyan, and the fathom (the span of outstretched arms) is called the banyan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.73
व्यामे नैवोछ्रयो यस्य सम ऊर्द्धं तु देहिनः । समोछ्रयपरीणाहो ज्ञेयो न्यग्रोधमण्डलः
vyāme naivochrayo yasya sama ūrddhaṃ tu dehinaḥ / samochrayaparīṇāho jñeyo nyagrodhamaṇḍalaḥ
He whose height is (equal) to his fathom, the embodied one being even in the upward (dimension) — one whose height and girth are equal is to be known as "banyan-circled."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.74
चक्रं रथो मणिर्भार्या निधिरश्वो गजस्तथा । सप्तैतानि च रत्नानि सर्वेषां चक्रवर्तिनाम
cakraṃ ratho maṇirbhāryā nidhiraśvo gajastathā / saptaitāni ca ratnāni sarveṣāṃ cakravartināma
The discus, the chariot, the jewel, the wife, the treasure, the horse, and likewise the elephant: these seven are the treasures of all universal emperors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.75
चक्रं रथो मणिः खड्गश्चर्मरत्नं च पञ्चमम् । केतुर्निधिश्च सप्तैव प्राणहीनानि चक्षते
cakraṃ ratho maṇiḥ khaḍgaścarmaratnaṃ ca pañcamam / keturnidhiśca saptaiva prāṇahīnāni cakṣate
The discus, the chariot, the jewel, the sword, and the shield-treasure as fifth, the banner and the treasure — just these seven they declare to be devoid of breath (inanimate).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.76
भार्या पुरोहितश्चैव सेनानी रथकृच्च यः । मन्त्र्यश्वः कलभश्चैव प्राणिनः सप्त कीर्त्तिताः
bhāryā purohitaścaiva senānī rathakṛcca yaḥ / mantryaśvaḥ kalabhaścaiva prāṇinaḥ sapta kīrttitāḥ
The wife, the household priest, the army-commander, he who is the chariot-maker, the counsellor, the horse, and the young elephant: these seven are proclaimed as the animate (treasures).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.77
रत्नान्येतानि दिव्यानि संसिद्धानि महात्मनाम् । चतुर्दश विधेयानि सर्वेषां चक्रवर्त्तिनाम्
ratnānyetāni divyāni saṃsiddhāni mahātmanām / caturdaśa vidheyāni sarveṣāṃ cakravarttinām
These divine treasures, perfected, are the fourteen that are at the disposal of all those great-souled universal emperors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.78
विष्णोरंशेन जायन्ते पृथिव्यां चक्रवर्त्तिनः । मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु अतीतानागतेष्विह
viṣṇoraṃśena jāyante pṛthivyāṃ cakravarttinaḥ / manvantareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣviha
By a portion of Viṣṇu are the universal emperors born on earth, in all the manvantaras, past and future, here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.79
भूतभव्यानि यानीह वर्त्तमानानि यानि च । त्रेतायुगे च तान्यत्र जायन्ते चक्रवर्त्तिनः
bhūtabhavyāni yānīha varttamānāni yāni ca / tretāyuge ca tānyatra jāyante cakravarttinaḥ
Those which have been and are to be here, and those which are present — in the Tretā age those universal emperors are born here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.80
भद्राणीमानि तेषां वै भवन्तीह महीक्षिताम् । अत्यद्भुतानि चत्वारि बलं धर्मः सुखं धनम्
bhadrāṇīmāni teṣāṃ vai bhavantīha mahīkṣitām / atyadbhutāni catvāri balaṃ dharmaḥ sukhaṃ dhanam
These auspicious things come to be here for those rulers of the earth — four exceedingly wonderful ones: strength, righteousness, happiness, wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.81
अन्योन्यस्याविरोधेन प्राप्यन्ते तु नृपैः समम् । अर्थो धर्मश्च कामश्च यशो विजय एव च
anyonyasyāvirodhena prāpyante tu nṛpaiḥ samam / artho dharmaśca kāmaśca yaśo vijaya eva ca
And without conflict with one another, these are obtained equally by the kings: wealth, righteousness, pleasure, fame, and victory too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.82
ऐश्वर्येणाणिमाद्येन प्रभुशक्त्या तथैव च । श्रुतेन तपसा चैव मुनीनभिभवन्ति वै
aiśvaryeṇāṇimādyena prabhuśaktyā tathaiva ca / śrutena tapasā caiva munīnabhibhavanti vai
By lordship (consisting) of minuteness and the rest, and likewise by the power of a master, and by learning and by ascetic heat, they surpass even the sages;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.83
बलेन तपसा चैव देवदानवमानवान् । लक्षणैश्चैव जायन्ते शरीरस्थैरमानुषैः
balena tapasā caiva devadānavamānavān / lakṣaṇaiścaiva jāyante śarīrasthairamānuṣaiḥ
and by strength and by austerity (they surpass) gods, dānavas and men; and they are born with non-human marks set upon their bodies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.84
केशाःस्निग्धा ललाटोच्चा जिह्वा चास्य प्रमार्जिनी । ताम्रप्रभोष्टनेत्राश्च श्रीवत्साश्चैद्ध्वरोमशाः
keśāḥsnigdhā lalāṭoccā jihvā cāsya pramārjinī / tāmraprabhoṣṭanetrāśca śrīvatsāścaiddhvaromaśāḥ
Their hair is glossy, their foreheads high, and the tongue of each (is long enough) to wipe (the face); their lips and eyes have a coppery lustre, they bear the śrīvatsa and have hair standing upward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.85
आजानुबाहवस्छैव तदाम्रहस्ताः कटौ कृशाः । न्यग्रोधपरिणाहाश्च सिंहस्कन्धास्तु मेहनाः
ājānubāhavaschaiva tadāmrahastāḥ kaṭau kṛśāḥ / nyagrodhapariṇāhāśca siṃhaskandhāstu mehanāḥ
Their arms reach to the knees, their hands are (like) mango (leaves?), they are slender at the waist, of the girth of a banyan, with lion-like shoulders, and (well) endowed with virile organs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.86
गजेद्रगतयश्चैव महाहनव एव च । पादयोश्चक्रमत्स्योन्तु शङ्खपद्मौ तुहस्तयोः
gajedragatayaścaiva mahāhanava eva ca / pādayoścakramatsyontu śaṅkhapadmau tuhastayoḥ
They have the gait of a lordly elephant and great jaws; on their two feet are the discus and the fish, and on their two hands the conch and the lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.87
पञ्चाशीतिसहस्राणि ते राजन्त्यजरा नृपाः । असंगगतयस्तेषां चतस्रश्चक्रवर्त्तिनाम्
pañcāśītisahasrāṇi te rājantyajarā nṛpāḥ / asaṃgagatayasteṣāṃ catasraścakravarttinām
Those kings reign, free from old age, for eighty-five thousand (years); and for them, the universal emperors, there are four unobstructed paths of movement:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.88
अन्तरिक्षे समुद्रि च पाताले पर्वतेषु च । इज्या दानं तपः सत्यं त्रेतायां धर्म उच्यते
antarikṣe samudri ca pātāle parvateṣu ca / ijyā dānaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ tretāyāṃ dharma ucyate
in the mid-air, in the ocean, in the netherworld, and on the mountains. Sacrifice, giving, austerity, truth — this is called the dharma in the Tretā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.89
तदा प्रवर्त्तते धर्मो वर्णाश्रमविभागशः । मर्यादास्थापनार्थं च दण्डनीतिः प्रवर्त्तते
tadā pravarttate dharmo varṇāśramavibhāgaśaḥ / maryādāsthāpanārthaṃ ca daṇḍanītiḥ pravarttate
Then dharma proceeds according to the division of classes and life-stages; and for the sake of establishing boundaries, the rule of punishment comes into operation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.90
त्दृष्टपुष्टाः प्रजाः सर्वा अरोगाः पूर्णमानसाः । एको वेदश्चतुष्पादस्त्रेतायुगविधौस्मृतः
tdṛṣṭapuṣṭāḥ prajāḥ sarvā arogāḥ pūrṇamānasāḥ / eko vedaścatuṣpādastretāyugavidhausmṛtaḥ
All the creatures are (well-formed?) and well-nourished, free from disease, of contented minds; a single Veda with four parts is remembered in the ordinance of the Tretā age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 29.91
त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि तदा जीवन्ति मानवाः । पुत्रपौत्रसमाकीर्णा म्रियन्ते च क्रमेण तु
trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi tadā jīvanti mānavāḥ / putrapautrasamākīrṇā mriyante ca krameṇa tu
Then men live three thousand years, and, surrounded by sons and grandsons, they die in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 29.92
एष त्रेतायुगे धर्मस्त्रेतासंध्यां निबोधत । त्रेतायुगस्वभावानां संध्या पादेन वर्त्तते । संध्यापादः स्वभावस्तु स्ॐऽशपदेन तिष्ठति
eṣa tretāyuge dharmastretāsaṃdhyāṃ nibodhata / tretāyugasvabhāvānāṃ saṃdhyā pādena varttate / saṃdhyāpādaḥ svabhāvastu soṃ'śapadena tiṣṭhati
This is the law in the Tretā age; now learn of the Tretā twilight. For those whose nature belongs to the Tretā age, the twilight extends by a quarter (of that age); and the nature of the twilight-quarter (i.e. the twilight-portion, saṃdhyāṃśa) stands by a fractional part of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain