मैत्रेय उवाच कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । दिव्यैर्द्वादशभिर्वर्षै: सावधानं निरूपितम् ॥ १८ ॥
maitreya uvaca krtam treta dvaparam ca kalis ceti catur-yugam divyair dvadasabhir varsaih savadhanam nirupitam
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- krtam
- the age of Satya
- treta
- the age of Treta
- dvaparam
- the age of Dvapara
- ca
- also
- kalih
- the age of Kali
- ca
- and
- iti
- thus
- catuh-yugam
- four millenniums
- divyaih
- of the demigods
- dvadasabhih
- twelve
- varsaih
- thousands of years
- sa-avadhanam
- approximately
- nirupitam
- ascertained.
Maitreya said: O Vidura, the four millenniums are called the Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali yugas. The aggregate number of years of all of these combined is equal to twelve thousand years of the demigods.