The Perfection of All Yugas

 

 

 

 

 

~ The Perfection of All Yugas ~

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विबभूव विना सत्यं ध्यानं त्रेतां विना मखः

विना द्वापरमभ्यर्चा हरेर्नाम कलिं विना

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vibabhūva vinā satyaṁ

dhyānaṁ tretāṁ vinā makhaḥ

vinā dvāparam abhyarcā

harer nāma kaliṁ vinā

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[At that time]:

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— Even though it was not Satya-yuga, everyone meditated perfectly on Krishna.

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— Even though it was not Tretā-yuga, the priests performed fire-sacrifices.

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— Even though it was not Dvāpara-yuga*, the pujārīs worshipped the Viṣṇu-deities perfectly.

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— and even though Kali-yuga had not yet arrived, the holy name of Krishna was resounding everywhere.

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In this way, the simultaneous execution of the supreme perfection processes of the respective four ages was seen after the appearance of Śrī Krishna.

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— (From the Gopāla-campūḥ, Pūrva, 3rd Pūraṇa)

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* — It was not exactly dvāpara-yuga because Dvāpara had almost reached its end and such a time is technically known as Yuga-sandhyā (the period between the two yugas when the former yuga has ended and the new yuga has not yet started).