View source for Material miseries began in Dvapara-yuga, but they were not very stringent. Stringent material miseries really began from the advent of Kali-yuga

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"Material miseries began in Dvapara-yuga, but they were not very stringent. Stringent material miseries really began from the advent of Kali-yuga"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Labangalatika}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|19Feb11}}
{{last|19Feb11}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Material Miseries]]
[[Category:Began]]
[[Category:Dvapara-yuga]]
[[Category:They Were]]
[[Category:Not Very]]
[[Category:Stringent]]
[[Category:Really]]
[[Category:From]]
[[Category:Advent]]
[[Category:Kali-yuga]]
</div>
<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
</div>
<div id="SB_Canto_5" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 5"><h3>SB Canto 5</h3>
</div>
<div id="SB51712_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_5" book="SB" index="413" link="SB 5.17.12" link_text="SB 5.17.12">
<div class="heading">During Tretā-yuga, people enjoyed sense pleasure without tribulations. Material miseries began in Dvāpara-yuga, but they were not very stringent. Stringent material miseries really began from the advent of Kali-yuga.
</div>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.17.12|SB 5.17.12, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">In these eight varṣas, or tracts of land, human beings live ten thousand years according to earthly calculations. All the inhabitants are almost like demigods. They have the bodily strength of ten thousand elephants. Indeed, their bodies are as sturdy as thunderbolts. The youthful duration of their lives is very pleasing, and both men and women enjoy sexual union with great pleasure for a long time. After years of sensual pleasure—when a balance of one year of life remains—the wife conceives a child. Thus the standard of pleasure for the residents of these heavenly regions is exactly like that of the human beings who lived during Tretā-yuga.</p>
</div>
<div class="purport text"><p>There are four yugas: Satya-yuga, Tretā-yuga, Dvāpara-yuga and Kali-yuga. During the first yuga, Satya-yuga, people were very pious. Everyone practiced the mystic yoga system for spiritual understanding and realization of God. Because everyone was always absorbed in samādhi, no one was interested in material sense enjoyment. During Tretā-yuga, people enjoyed sense pleasure without tribulations. Material miseries began in Dvāpara-yuga, but they were not very stringent. Stringent material miseries really began from the advent of Kali-yuga.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>