कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । अनेन क्रमयोगेन भुवि प्राणिषु वर्तते ॥ ३९ ॥
kṛtaṁ tretā dvāparaṁ ca kaliś ceti catur-yugam anena krama-yogena bhuvi prāṇiṣu vartate
- 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
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.