bhaktajan
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The consecutive order of the 4 yugas are referenced to as:
Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali.
Whereas, the actual chronological order is:
Satya, Dvapara, Treta and Kali.
The famous Hare Krishna Guru Bhaktivedata Swami mentions this in regards to the Bhagavatam verses that describe Veda-Vyasa's birth.
Bhagavata-purana verse 1.14.14:
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.
Bhaktivedanta Swami's commentatry to this verse is:
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 Krishna
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.
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Can anyone expound on this unique "overlapping" of the Yugas that apparently has only occurred during the present Catur-Yuga we are in now?
Also, I can conjecture that such "overlapping" of Yugas may have occurred at different past ages.
What does in mean? Did the ages switch places and thus, contain/retain the qualities of that age . . .but occur in different successive orders?
IE: 1,000 year earth-bound human life span of the treta-yuga
was followed by 10,000 year human life span
----whereas the longer life-span life-span-epoch is followed by the shorter life-span epoch:
Satya [100,000 year human life span],
Dvapara [10,000 year human life span],
Treta [1,000 year human life span], and,
Kali [100 year human life span].
seeking input,
Bhaktajan
Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali.
Whereas, the actual chronological order is:
Satya, Dvapara, Treta and Kali.
The famous Hare Krishna Guru Bhaktivedata Swami mentions this in regards to the Bhagavatam verses that describe Veda-Vyasa's birth.
Bhagavata-purana verse 1.14.14:
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.
Bhaktivedanta Swami's commentatry to this verse is:
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 Krishna
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.
################################################
Can anyone expound on this unique "overlapping" of the Yugas that apparently has only occurred during the present Catur-Yuga we are in now?
Also, I can conjecture that such "overlapping" of Yugas may have occurred at different past ages.
What does in mean? Did the ages switch places and thus, contain/retain the qualities of that age . . .but occur in different successive orders?
IE: 1,000 year earth-bound human life span of the treta-yuga
was followed by 10,000 year human life span
----whereas the longer life-span life-span-epoch is followed by the shorter life-span epoch:
Satya [100,000 year human life span],
Dvapara [10,000 year human life span],
Treta [1,000 year human life span], and,
Kali [100 year human life span].
seeking input,
Bhaktajan
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