तत्पुत्रपौत्रनप्तृणां गोत्राणि च न शृण्महे । कालोऽभियातस्त्रिणवचतुर्युगविकल्पित: ॥ ३२ ॥
tat putra-pautra-naptrnam gotrani ca na srnmahe kalo ’bhiyatas tri-nava- catur-yuga-vikalpitah
- tat
- there
- putra
- of the sons
- pautra
- of the grandsons
- naptrnam
- and of the descendants
- gotrani
- the family dynasties
- ca
- also
- na
- not
- srnmahe
- we do hear of
- kalah
- time
- abhiyatah
- have passed
- tri
- three
- nava
- nine
- catur-yuga
- four yugas (Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali)
- vikalpitah
- thus measured.
Twenty-seven catur-yugas have already passed. Those upon whom you may have decided are now gone, and so are their sons, grandsons and other descendants. You cannot even hear about their names.