SB 12.2.39 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । अनेन क्रमयोगेन भुवि प्राणिषु वर्तते ॥ ३९ ॥

Verse text

kṛtaṁ tretā dvāparaṁ ca kaliś ceti catur-yugam anena krama-yogena bhuvi prāṇiṣu vartate

Synonyms

kṛtam — Satya-yuga ; tretā — Tretā-yuga ; dvāparam — Dvāpara-yuga ; ca — and ; kaliḥ — Kali-yuga ; ca — and ; iti — thus ; catuḥ — yugam — the cycle of four ages ; anena — by this ; krama — sequential ; yogena — pattern ; bhuvi — in this world ; prāṇiṣu — among living beings ; vartate — goes on continuously .

Translation

The cycle of four ages — Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali — continues perpetually among living beings on this earth, repeating the same general sequence of events.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The cycle of four ages—Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali—continues perpetually among living beings on this earth, in the same sequence. This verse shows the cycle of four yugas.