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

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


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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.

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