यदा चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च तथा तिष्यबृहस्पती । एकराशौ समेष्यन्ति भविष्यति तदा कृतम् ॥ २४ ॥
yadā candraś ca sūryaś ca tathā tiṣya-bṛhaspatī eka-rāśau sameṣyanti bhaviṣyati tadā kṛtam
- yadā
- when
- candraḥ
- the moon
- ca
- and
- sūryaḥ
- the sun
- ca
- and
- tathā
- also
- tiṣya
- the asterism Tiṣyā (more commonly known as Puṣyā, extending from 3° 20´ to 16° 40´ Cancer)
- bṛhaspatī
- and the planet Jupiter
- eka-rāśau
- in the same constellation (Cancer)
- sameṣyanti
- will enter simultaneously
- bhaviṣyati
- will be
- tadā
- then
- kṛtam
- Satya-yuga
When the moon, the sun and Bṛhaspatī are together in the constellation Karkaṭa, and all three enter simultaneously into the lunar mansion Puṣyā — at that exact moment the age of Satya, or Kṛta, will begin.