galaxy18 0 Report post Posted July 3, 2009 League Of Devotees The four yugas are known as a divya yuga. One divya yuga is 12,000 years of the demigods or 4,320,000 human years. KRTA or SATYA-YUGA (Golden Age) Duration - 4,800 demigods years or 1,728,000 human years Life span - 100,000 years Yuga dharma - meditation or astanga yoga having eight parts. 1) Yama - Rules 2) Niyama - Restrictions 3) Asana - Sitting postures 4) Pranayama - Breathing exercises 5) Pratyahara - Sense restriction 6) Dharana - Meditation 7) Dhyana - Undisturbed meditation 8) Samadhi - Total absorbtion Yuga Avatara (11.5.21) The yuga avatara is white with four arms, has matted hair and wears a garment of tree bark. He carries a black deerskin, a sacred thread, prayer beads and the rod and waterpot of a brahmacari. Symptoms of Satya-yuga The people are peaceful, non-envious, friendly and naturally Krsna conscious. In Satya-yuga there was no division of asrama, everyone was a paramahamsa. There was no demigod worship, only the worship of Krsna and religion was perfectly practiced. (S.B. 11.5.21-22)(S.B. Canto 9 Ch. 14) TRETA-YUGA (Silver Age) Duration - 3,600 demigod years or 1,296,00 human years Life span - 10,000 years Yuga dharma - Fire sacrifice, Yajna Yuga Avatara - The yuga avatara is red. He has four arms and golden hair. He wears a triple belt representing initiation into the three Vedas. His symbols are the sruk, sruva, etc.,(ladle, spoon and other implements of sacrifice). Symptoms of Treta-yuga In Treta-yuga the people are thoroughly religious. In Satya-yuga people are naturally Krsna conscious. In Treta-yuga they are inclined to become Krsna conscious. To achieve that end they are very strict in following Vedic principles. DVARPARA-YUGA (Copper Age) Duration - 2,400 demigod years or 864,000 human years Life span - 1,000 years Yuga Avatara - In Dvapara-yuga his complexion is dark blue. He wears yellow garments. His body is marked with Srivatsa and other distinctive ornaments, and He manifests His personal weapons. NOTE: In other Dvapara-yugas before Krsna's appearance, the yuga avatara was somewhat greenish. The original Personality of Godhead from whom all other incarnations expand is Sri Krsna. He appears once in a day of Brahma, during the period of the seventh manu (Vaivasvata) in the 28th divyayuga. The original Personality of Godhead Krsna only comes once in a day of Brahma. Although in every Dvapara-yuga there is a yuga avatara, they are all expansions of Visnu, who is an expansion of Sri Krsna. Symptoms of Dvapara-yuga In Dvapara-yuga people have the weaknesses of mortal beingss, but they have a strong desire to know about the Absolute Truth and they worship the Lord in the mood of honoring a great king, following the prescriptions of both Vedas and tantras. KALI-YUGA (Iron Age) Duration - 1,200 demigod years or 432,000 human years Life span - 100 years Yuga dharma - Chanting the Hare Krsna (Maha) mantra Yuga Avatara - The yuga avatara for the age of Kali is golden or yellow. For this Kali-yuga Lord Caitanya has appeared although He does not appear in every Kali-yuga. The yuga avatara for Kali-yuga is generally black. Lord Caitanya, who is Krsna Himself, appears only in the Kali-yuga immediately following the appearance of Sri Krsna in Dvapara-yuga. Symptoms of Kali-yuga O, learned one in the age of Kali, men have but short lives. They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided unlucky and above all, always disturbed. (S.B.1.1.10) NOTE: There is a chronological order of the four yugas - Satya, Dvapara, Treta and Kali. Sometimes there is an overlapping. During the regime of Vaivasvata Manu there was an overlapping of the twenty eighth divya-yuga and the third yuga, Treta appears before the second, Dvapara. When this happens the source of all incarnations, Krsna, appears. Every yuga is divided into three periods called sandhyas. (S.B. 1.4.14) One thousand divya-yugas equals one day of Brahma. In Brahma's one day there are fourteen Manus. In each one Manu enjoys a life of seventy-two divya-yugas or 852,000 years of the demigods or 306,720,000 human years. After the dissolution of every Manu a new Manu comes. The seven great sages as well as the leaders in the heavenly planets like Indra, etc., also rotate along with each change of Manu. Thus with the change of each and every Manu the universal management also changes. In Brahma's one day there are 14 Manus In Brahma's one month there are 420 Manus In Brahma's one year there are 5,040 manus In Brahma's lifetime there are 504,000 Manus MANVANTARA AVATARAS The present age is the Vaivasvata Manu and Brahma's present day is the Sveta Varaha Kalpa. 14 Manus for this day of Brahma 1) Svayambhuva Manu - son of Lord Brahma 2) Svarocisa Manu - son of Agni 3) Uttama Manu - son of Priyavrata 4) Tamasa Manu - brother of Uttama 5) Raivata Manu - brother of Tamasa 6) Caksusa Manu - son of the demigod Caksu 7) Vaivasvata Manu - son of the sun-god Vivasvan 8) Savarni Manu - son of the sun-god by his wife Chaya 9) Daksa Savarni - son of Varuna 10) Brahma Sarvani _ son of Brahma 11) Dharma Savarni - son of Ruci 12) Rudra Savarni - son of Rudra 13) Deva Savarni - son of Satyasaha 14) Indra Savarni - son of Bhuti During the period of each manu different sages accept the position of Vyasa or the compiler of the Vedas, Puranas, etc. Thus in the Dvapara-yuga of each divya-yuga a different sage accepts the position of Vyasa. 28 Vyasas of the Vaivasvata Manvantara 1) Brahma 15) Trayyaruna 2) Prajapati or Manu 16) Dhananjaya 3) Usana, Sukracarya 17) Krtanjaya 4) Brhaspati 18) Rina 5) Savitri 19) Bharadvaja 6) Yamaraja 20) Gautama 7) Indra 21) Uttama 8) Vasistha 22) Vena 9) Sarasvata 23) Somasushmapana 10) Tridhama 24) Riksha or Valmiki 11) Trivishan 25) Sakti, father of Parasara Muni 12) Bharadhvaja 26) Parasara Muni 13) Antariksa 27) Jaratkaru 14) Vapra 28) Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa In the next Dvapara-yuga the Vyasa will be Asvattama the son of Drona. 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