SB 12.2.39 • मूल श्लोक

कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । अनेन क्रमयोगेन भुवि प्राणिषु वर्तते ॥ ३९ ॥

Transliteration

kṛtaṁ tretā dvāparaṁ ca kaliś ceti catur-yugam anena krama-yogena bhuvi prāṇiṣu vartate

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

kṛtam — Satya-yuga; tretā — Tretā-yuga; dvāparam — Dvāpara-yuga; ca — and; kaliḥ — Kali-yuga; ca — and; iti — thus; catuḥ-yugam — the cycle of four ages; anena — by this; krama — sequential; yogena — pattern; bhuvi — in this world; prāṇiṣu — among living beings; vartate — goes on continuously.

Translation

“The cycle of four ages — Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali — continues perpetually among living beings on this earth, repeating the same general sequence of events.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda