Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 7
PdP 3 7.1
ऋषय ऊचुः-। भारतस्यास्य वर्षस्य तथा हैमवतस्य च । प्रमाणमायुषः सूत बलं चापि शुभाशुभम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-| bhāratasyāsya varṣasya tathā haimavatasya ca | pramāṇamāyuṣaḥ sūta balaṃ cāpi śubhāśubham
The seers said: Of this Bhārata region and of the Haimavata as well, O Sūta, (tell us) the measure of lifespan, and also the strength, good and bad,
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PdP 3 7.2
अनागतमतिक्रांतं वर्तमानं च सत्तम । आचक्ष्व नो विस्तरेण हरिवर्षं तथैव च
anāgatamatikrāṃtaṃ vartamānaṃ ca sattama | ācakṣva no vistareṇa harivarṣaṃ tathaiva ca
the future, the past, and the present, O best one; relate to us in detail, and likewise the Harivarṣa.
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PdP 3 7.3
सूत उवाच-। चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगानि मुनिपुंगवाः । कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च तिष्यं च द्विजसत्तमाः
sūta uvāca-| catvāri bhārate varṣe yugāni munipuṃgavāḥ | kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca tiṣyaṃ ca dvijasattamāḥ
The Sūta said: In the Bhārata region there are four ages, O bulls among sages: the Kṛta, the Tretā, the Dvāpara, and the Tiṣya, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 3 7.4
पूर्वे कृतयुगं नाम ततस्त्रेतायुगं द्विजाः । तत्पश्चाद्द्वापरं चाथ ततस्तिष्यः प्रवर्तते
pūrve kṛtayugaṃ nāma tatastretāyugaṃ dvijāḥ | tatpaścāddvāparaṃ cātha tatastiṣyaḥ pravartate
First is the age called Kṛta, then the Tretā age, O twice-born; after that the Dvāpara, and then the Tiṣya sets in.
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PdP 3 7.5
चत्वारि तु सहस्राणि वर्षाणां मुनिपुंगवाः । आयुः संख्या कृतयुगे संख्याता हि तपोधनाः
catvāri tu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ munipuṃgavāḥ | āyuḥ saṃkhyā kṛtayuge saṃkhyātā hi tapodhanāḥ
Four thousand years, O bulls among sages, is reckoned the measure of life-span in the Kṛta age — so it has been counted, O you rich in austerity.
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PdP 3 7.6
तथा त्रीणि सहस्राणि त्रेतायामायुषो विदुः । द्वे सहस्रे द्वापरे तु भुवि तिष्ठंति सांप्रतम्
tathā trīṇi sahasrāṇi tretāyāmāyuṣo viduḥ | dve sahasre dvāpare tu bhuvi tiṣṭhaṃti sāṃpratam
Likewise they know the life-span in the Tretā to be three thousand (years); and in the Dvāpara two thousand — (so long) do they remain on earth at present.
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PdP 3 7.7
तत्प्रमाणस्थितिर्ह्यस्ति तिष्ये तु मुनिपुंगवाः । गर्भस्थाश्च म्रियंतेऽत्र तथा जाता म्रियंति च
tatpramāṇasthitirhyasti tiṣye tu munipuṃgavāḥ | garbhasthāśca mriyaṃte'tra tathā jātā mriyaṃti ca
But in the Tiṣya (age), O bulls among sages, there is no fixed duration of that measure: here (some) die while still in the womb, and likewise (some) die once born.
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PdP 3 7.8
महाबला महासत्त्वाः प्रज्ञागुणसमन्विताः । प्रजायंते च जाताश्च शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः
mahābalā mahāsattvāḥ prajñāguṇasamanvitāḥ | prajāyaṃte ca jātāśca śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
Great in strength, of great substance, endowed with the quality of wisdom — (such) are born, and once born (they are) by hundreds and by thousands.
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PdP 3 7.9
द्विजाः कृतयुगे विप्रा बलिनः प्रियदर्शनाः । प्रजायंते च जाताश्च मुनयो वै तपोधनाः
dvijāḥ kṛtayuge viprā balinaḥ priyadarśanāḥ | prajāyaṃte ca jātāśca munayo vai tapodhanāḥ
In the Kṛta age the twice-born, the brahmins, are strong and pleasing to look upon; and (those) born are indeed sages rich in austerity.
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PdP 3 7.10
महोत्साहा महात्मानो धार्मिकाः सत्यवादिनः । प्रियदर्शा वपुष्मंतो महावीर्य्या धनुर्धराः
mahotsāhā mahātmāno dhārmikāḥ satyavādinaḥ | priyadarśā vapuṣmaṃto mahāvīryyā dhanurdharāḥ
Of great energy, great-souled, righteous, speakers of truth, pleasing to see, well-formed, of great valour, bearers of the bow;
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PdP 3 7.11
वीरा हि युधि जायंते क्षत्रियाः शूरसंमताः । त्रेतायां क्षत्रियास्तावत्सर्वे वै चक्रवर्तिनः
vīrā hi yudhi jāyaṃte kṣatriyāḥ śūrasaṃmatāḥ | tretāyāṃ kṣatriyāstāvatsarve vai cakravartinaḥ
heroes indeed are born in battle, kṣatriyas esteemed as brave. In the Tretā the kṣatriyas are just so many — all of them world-rulers.
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PdP 3 7.12
सर्ववर्णाश्च जायंते सदैव द्वापरे युगे । महोत्साहा वीर्यवंतः परस्परवधैषिणः
sarvavarṇāśca jāyaṃte sadaiva dvāpare yuge | mahotsāhā vīryavaṃtaḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ
And in the Dvāpara age men of all classes are always born of great energy, possessed of valour, (and) desiring one another's destruction.
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PdP 3 7.13
तेजसांधेनसंयुक्ताः क्रोधनाः पुरुषाः किल । लुब्धाश्चानृतकाश्चैव तिष्ये जायंति भो द्विजाः
tejasāṃdhenasaṃyuktāḥ krodhanāḥ puruṣāḥ kila | lubdhāścānṛtakāścaiva tiṣye jāyaṃti bho dvijāḥ
Men joined with fierceness(?) and darkness(?), prone to anger, greedy and given to falsehood, are born in the Tiṣya, O twice-born.
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PdP 3 7.14
ईर्ष्या मानस्तथा क्रोधो मायासूया तथैव च । तिष्ये भवंति भूतानां रागो लोभश्च सत्तमाः
īrṣyā mānastathā krodho māyāsūyā tathaiva ca | tiṣye bhavaṃti bhūtānāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sattamāḥ
Envy, pride, and anger, deceit and detraction likewise, passion and greed arise among beings in the Tiṣya, O best of the good.
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PdP 3 7.15
संक्षेपो वर्त्तते विप्रा द्वापरे युगमध्यगे । गुणोत्तरं हैमवतं हरिवर्षं ततः परम्
saṃkṣepo varttate viprā dvāpare yugamadhyage | guṇottaraṃ haimavataṃ harivarṣaṃ tataḥ param
A shortening (of life) occurs, O brahmins, when the middle of the Dvāpara age is reached. Superior in qualities is Haimavata, and beyond that Harivarṣa.
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