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Padma Purana · Chapter 3.7

3.7.1

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-/
bhāratasyāsya varṣasya tathā haimavatasya ca /
pramāṇamāyuṣaḥ sūta balaṃ cāpi śubhāśubham

3.7.2

anāgatamatikrāṃtaṃ vartamānaṃ ca sattama /
ācakṣva no vistareṇa harivarṣaṃ tathaiva ca

3.7.3

sūta uvāca-/
catvāri bhārate varṣe yugāni munipuṃgavāḥ /
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca tiṣyaṃ ca dvijasattamāḥ

3.7.4

pūrve kṛtayugaṃ nāma tatastretāyugaṃ dvijāḥ /
tatpaścāddvāparaṃ cātha tatastiṣyaḥ pravartate

3.7.5

catvāri tu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ munipuṃgavāḥ /
āyuḥ saṃkhyā kṛtayuge saṃkhyātā hi tapodhanāḥ

3.7.6

tathā trīṇi sahasrāṇi tretāyāmāyuṣo viduḥ /
dve sahasre dvāpare tu bhuvi tiṣṭhaṃti sāṃpratam

3.7.7

tatpramāṇasthitirhyasti tiṣye tu munipuṃgavāḥ /
garbhasthāśca mriyaṃte'tra tathā jātā mriyaṃti ca

3.7.8

mahābalā mahāsattvāḥ prajñāguṇasamanvitāḥ /
prajāyaṃte ca jātāśca śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

3.7.9

dvijāḥ kṛtayuge viprā balinaḥ priyadarśanāḥ /
prajāyaṃte ca jātāśca munayo vai tapodhanāḥ

3.7.10

mahotsāhā mahātmāno dhārmikāḥ satyavādinaḥ /
priyadarśā vapuṣmaṃto mahāvīryyā dhanurdharāḥ

3.7.11

vīrā hi yudhi jāyaṃte kṣatriyāḥ śūrasaṃmatāḥ /
tretāyāṃ kṣatriyāstāvatsarve vai cakravartinaḥ

3.7.12

sarvavarṇāśca jāyaṃte sadaiva dvāpare yuge /
mahotsāhā vīryavaṃtaḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ

3.7.13

tejasāṃdhenasaṃyuktāḥ krodhanāḥ puruṣāḥ kila /
lubdhāścānṛtakāścaiva tiṣye jāyaṃti bho dvijāḥ

3.7.14

īrṣyā mānastathā krodho māyāsūyā tathaiva ca /
tiṣye bhavaṃti bhūtānāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sattamāḥ

3.7.15

saṃkṣepo varttate viprā dvāpare yugamadhyage /
guṇottaraṃ haimavataṃ harivarṣaṃ tataḥ param

3.7.7

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe saptamo'dhyāyaḥ

Original text: padmapurāṇam · Sanskrit Wikisource contributors · Sanskrit Wikisource · CC BY-SA 4.0

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