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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.18
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 18
- maitreya uvāca
- kṛtaṁ tretā dvāparaṁ ca
- kaliś ceti catur-yugam
- divyair dvādaśabhir varṣaiḥ
- sāvadhānaṁ nirūpitam
maitreyaḥMaitreya said uvācaMaitreya said — Maitreya said; kṛtamthe age of Satya — the age of Satya; tretāthe age of Tretā — the age of Tretā; dvāparamthe age of Dvāpara — the age of Dvāpara; caalso — also; kaliḥthe age of Kali — the age of Kali; caand — and; itithus — thus; catuḥfour millenniums-yugamfour millenniums — four millenniums; divyaiḥof the demigods — of the demigods; dvādaśabhiḥtwelve — twelve; varṣaiḥthousands of years — thousands of years; saapproximately-avadhānamapproximately — approximately; nirūpitamascertained — ascertained.
Maitreya said: O Vidura, the four millenniums are called the Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali yugas. The aggregate number of years of all of these combined is equal to twelve thousand years of the demigods.
The years of the demigods are equal to 360 years of humankind. As will be clarified in the subsequent verses, 12,000 of the demigods' years, including the transitional periods which are called yuga-sandhyās, comprise the total of the aforementioned four millenniums. Thus the aggregate of the above-mentioned four millenniums is 4,320,000 years.