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<div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2></div>
<div id="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Chapters 1 - 6"><h3>BG Chapters 1 - 6</h3></div>
<div id="BG41_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="154" link="BG 4.1" link_text="BG 4.1">
<div class="heading">Before this there was Dvāpara-yuga (800,000 years), and before that there was Tretā-yuga (1,200,000 years).</div>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 4.1 (1972)|BG 4.1, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text">At the present moment we have just passed through five thousand years of the Kali-yuga, which lasts 432,000 years. Before this there was Dvāpara-yuga (800,000 years), and before that there was Tretā-yuga (1,200,000 years). Thus, some 2,005,000 years ago, Manu spoke the Bhagavad-gītā to his disciple and son Mahārāja Ikṣvāku, the king of this planet earth. The age of the current Manu is calculated to last some 305,300,000 years, of which 120,400,000 have passed. Accepting that before the birth of Manu the Gītā was spoken by the Lord to His disciple the sun-god Vivasvān, a rough estimate is that the Gītā was spoken at least 120,400,000 years ago; and in human society it has been extant for two million years. It was respoken by the Lord again to Arjuna about five thousand years ago. That is the rough estimate of the history of the Gītā, according to the Gītā itself and according to the version of the speaker, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.</div>
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<div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2></div>
<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Lectures" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures"><h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3></div>
<div id="LectureonSB125MelbourneApril31972LectureatChristianMonastery_0" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="26" link="Lecture on SB 1.2.5 -- Melbourne, April 3, 1972, Lecture at Christian Monastery" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.2.5 -- Melbourne, April 3, 1972, Lecture at Christian Monastery">
<div class="heading">Before this Kali-yuga there was another yuga, which is known as Dvāpara-yuga. Before that, there was Tretā-yuga.</div>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.2.5 -- Melbourne, April 3, 1972, Lecture at Christian Monastery|Lecture on SB 1.2.5 -- Melbourne, April 3, 1972, Lecture at Christian Monastery]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text">This Kali-yuga has passed only five thousand years, and the duration of life of this Kali-yuga is 432,000's of years. Only we have passed five thousand. Before this Kali-yuga there was another yuga, which is known as Dvāpara-yuga. Before that, there was Tretā-yuga. Before that, there was Satya-yuga. All these yugas, taking aggregate years, forty-three hundred thousands of years. And multiply it by one thousand. Then calculate what is the duration of time. That is only twelve hours duration in the Brahmaloka.</div>
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<div id="Festival_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Lectures" text="Festival Lectures"><h3>Festival Lectures</h3></div>
<div id="SriRamaNavamiLordRamacandrasAppearanceDayHawaiiMarch271969_0" class="quote" parent="Festival_Lectures" book="Lec" index="3" link="Sri Rama-Navami, Lord Ramacandra's Appearance Day -- Hawaii, March 27, 1969" link_text="Sri Rama-Navami, Lord Ramacandra's Appearance Day -- Hawaii, March 27, 1969">
<div class="heading">Dvāpara-yuga means 800,000 years. And before that, there was Tretā-yuga, which continued for twelve hundred thousands of years.</div>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Sri Rama-Navami, Lord Ramacandra's Appearance Day -- Hawaii, March 27, 1969|Sri Rama-Navami, Lord Ramacandra's Appearance Day -- Hawaii, March 27, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text">As the waves of the river or the waves of the ocean cannot be counted, similarly, how many incarnations are there of the Supreme Lord it is not possible to count. But out of them, the principal names are mentioned in the śāstras. Therefore it is said rāmādi. Rāmādi means Rāma and also other, many incarnations. And they are existing. Not that one incarnation appeared and it is finished. No. Not like that. Just like Lord Rāmacandra appeared on this planet, say millions of years before. He appeared in the Treta-yuga. Treta-yuga means... We have passed only five thousand years of this age, Kali-yuga. Before that, there was Dvāpara-yuga. Dvāpara-yuga means 800,000 years. And before that, there was Tretā-yuga, which continued for twelve hundred thousands of years. That means at least two million years before Lord Rāmacandra appeared on this planet.</div>
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