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Chapter 7

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ऋषय ऊचुः-। भारतस्यास्य वर्षस्य तथा हैमवतस्य च । प्रमाणमायुषः सूत बलं चापि शुभाशुभम् १। अनागतमतिक्रांतं वर्तमानं च सत्तम । आचक्ष्व नो विस्तरेण हरिवर्षं तथैव च २। सूत उवाच-। चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगानि मुनिपुंगवाः । कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च तिष्यं च द्विजसत्तमाः ३। पूर्वे कृतयुगं नाम ततस्त्रेतायुगं द्विजाः । तत्पश्चाद्द्वापरं चाथ ततस्तिष्यः प्रवर्तते ४। चत्वारि तु सहस्राणि वर्षाणां मुनिपुंगवाः । आयुः संख्या कृतयुगे संख्याता हि तपोधनाः ५। तथा त्रीणि सहस्राणि त्रेतायामायुषो विदुः । द्वे सहस्रे द्वापरे तु भुवि तिष्ठंति सांप्रतम् ६। तत्प्रमाणस्थितिर्ह्यस्ति तिष्ये तु मुनिपुंगवाः । गर्भस्थाश्च म्रियंतेऽत्र तथा जाता म्रियंति च ७। महाबला महासत्त्वाः प्रज्ञागुणसमन्विताः । प्रजायंते च जाताश्च शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ८। द्विजाः कृतयुगे विप्रा बलिनः प्रियदर्शनाः । प्रजायंते च जाताश्च मुनयो वै तपोधनाः ९। महोत्साहा महात्मानो धार्मिकाः सत्यवादिनः । प्रियदर्शा वपुष्मंतो महावीर्य्या धनुर्धराः १०। वीरा हि युधि जायंते क्षत्रियाः शूरसंमताः । त्रेतायां क्षत्रियास्तावत्सर्वे वै चक्रवर्तिनः ११। सर्ववर्णाश्च जायंते सदैव द्वापरे युगे । महोत्साहा वीर्यवंतः परस्परवधैषिणः १२। तेजसांधेनसंयुक्ताः क्रोधनाः पुरुषाः किल । लुब्धाश्चानृतकाश्चैव तिष्ये जायंति भो द्विजाः १३। ईर्ष्या मानस्तथा क्रोधो मायासूया तथैव च । तिष्ये भवंति भूतानां रागो लोभश्च सत्तमाः १४। संक्षेपो वर्त्तते विप्रा द्वापरे युगमध्यगे । गुणोत्तरं हैमवतं हरिवर्षं ततः परम् १५। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे स्वर्गखंडे सप्तमोऽध्यायः ७।

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-| bhāratasyāsya varṣasya tathā haimavatasya ca | pramāṇamāyuṣaḥ sūta balaṃ cāpi śubhāśubham 1| anāgatamatikrāṃtaṃ vartamānaṃ ca sattama | ācakṣva no vistareṇa harivarṣaṃ tathaiva ca 2| sūta uvāca-| catvāri bhārate varṣe yugāni munipuṃgavāḥ | kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca tiṣyaṃ ca dvijasattamāḥ 3| pūrve kṛtayugaṃ nāma tatastretāyugaṃ dvijāḥ | tatpaścāddvāparaṃ cātha tatastiṣyaḥ pravartate 4| catvāri tu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ munipuṃgavāḥ | āyuḥ saṃkhyā kṛtayuge saṃkhyātā hi tapodhanāḥ 5| tathā trīṇi sahasrāṇi tretāyāmāyuṣo viduḥ | dve sahasre dvāpare tu bhuvi tiṣṭhaṃti sāṃpratam 6| tatpramāṇasthitirhyasti tiṣye tu munipuṃgavāḥ | garbhasthāśca mriyaṃte'tra tathā jātā mriyaṃti ca 7| mahābalā mahāsattvāḥ prajñāguṇasamanvitāḥ | prajāyaṃte ca jātāśca śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ 8| dvijāḥ kṛtayuge viprā balinaḥ priyadarśanāḥ | prajāyaṃte ca jātāśca munayo vai tapodhanāḥ 9| mahotsāhā mahātmāno dhārmikāḥ satyavādinaḥ | priyadarśā vapuṣmaṃto mahāvīryyā dhanurdharāḥ 10| vīrā hi yudhi jāyaṃte kṣatriyāḥ śūrasaṃmatāḥ | tretāyāṃ kṣatriyāstāvatsarve vai cakravartinaḥ 11| sarvavarṇāśca jāyaṃte sadaiva dvāpare yuge | mahotsāhā vīryavaṃtaḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ 12| tejasāṃdhenasaṃyuktāḥ krodhanāḥ puruṣāḥ kila | lubdhāścānṛtakāścaiva tiṣye jāyaṃti bho dvijāḥ 13| īrṣyā mānastathā krodho māyāsūyā tathaiva ca | tiṣye bhavaṃti bhūtānāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sattamāḥ 14| saṃkṣepo varttate viprā dvāpare yugamadhyage | guṇottaraṃ haimavataṃ harivarṣaṃ tataḥ param 15| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe saptamo'dhyāyaḥ 7|

English translation

The sages said :

1-2. Tell us, in detail, of the measure (i.e. span) of life, strength, the auspicious and inauspicious, the future, past and present (of the residents) of Bhāratavarṣa , Himavat , and also Harivarṣa .

Sūta said :

3-8. There are four yugas in Bhāratavarṣa. The first yuga was Kṛta ; then there was Tretāyuga , O brāhmaṇas . After that Dvāpara sets in; then comes Kali . The span of life, O best sages, was known to be four thousand years, in Kṛtayuga . O ascetics, similarly they know that the span of life in Tretāyuga is three thousand years. The span of life at present in Dvāpara is two thousand years; for that much period men live on the earth. However, in Tiṣya (i.e. Kali)-yuga, men die while in womb, and also they die as soon as they are born.

9-11. In Kṛtayuga, O brāhmaṇas, very strong, very powerful men, having the attribute of wisdom were born and begotten in hundreds and thousands. O brāhmaṇas, strong and handsome brāhmaṇas were born and begotten in Kṛtayuga. Ascetics with penance as their treasure were born and begotten endowed with great perseverence, high souls, pious and truthful in speech. The kṣatriyas also are born handsome, able-bodied, of great valour, skilled in archery and brave in battles, and esteemed by the brave. In Tretāyuga, all the kṣatriyas were emperors.

12-15. In Dvāparayuga , however, all the castes were always born with great energy, power and desire to kill one another. Men born in Kaliyuga will possess little lustre, are said to be wrathful, greedy, untruthful. Human beings in Kaliyuga will have jealousy, pride, and also anger, deceit and malice, O brāhmaṇas; in the middle yuga, Dvāpara, a small portion remains. In qualities, Himavat is superior (to Bharatavarṣa ) and Harivarṣa is superior to that.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43164, revision 351724 (2022-09-20T23:36:42Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365226.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.