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Yug

The document discusses the concept of time in Sanatan Dharm, which includes four cosmic ages or yugs - Satyug, Treta Yug, Dwapar Yug, and Kaliyug. It describes each yug in terms of the level of virtue and vice present, how long people lived, and how Moksh (liberation) could be attained. It notes that a complete cycle of the four yugs is called a Mahayug, which lasts 4.32 million years. At the end of a Mahayug, there is a universal destruction by cosmic fire before a new Satyug emerges and the cycle repeats, as part of the eternal cycles of creation, preservation, and dissolution within

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Yug

The document discusses the concept of time in Sanatan Dharm, which includes four cosmic ages or yugs - Satyug, Treta Yug, Dwapar Yug, and Kaliyug. It describes each yug in terms of the level of virtue and vice present, how long people lived, and how Moksh (liberation) could be attained. It notes that a complete cycle of the four yugs is called a Mahayug, which lasts 4.32 million years. At the end of a Mahayug, there is a universal destruction by cosmic fire before a new Satyug emerges and the cycle repeats, as part of the eternal cycles of creation, preservation, and dissolution within

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Kaliyug

In Kaliyug there is an abundance of


struggle and strife for people who
perform good deeds. Ignorance, vice
and corruption are dominant most of
the time and true virtue is practically
non-existent. It is also known as the
Iron Age, and people live up to 100
years. In this age, Moksh can be
attained by bhakti yog. In Kaliyug, evil
peaks to such a point that in its final
years, the whole Earth gets destroyed
through Samvartak, the cosmic fire,
annihilating all evil and preparing for
another Satyug after a night of
Bramha. Kaliyug therefore ends as the
whole world is destroyed through
fires, floods, wars or other cataclysmic
events. Then the process begins
again. Kaliyug lasts for 432,000 years.
The present Kaliyug started in what
corresponds to the year 3102 BCE;
2010 CE therefore corresponds to year
5112 of the present Kaliyug.
Dwapar Yug
In Dwapar Yug there is the greatest decline in
virtue and goodness, evil increases. It is also
known as the copper age and people lived up to
1,000 years. In Dwapar Yug, Moksh can be more
easily attained by bhakti yog. This yug lasts for
864,000 years.
Treta Yug
In Treta Yug, vices are introduced. It is also known as
the silver age and people lived up to 10,000 years.
Moksh can be attained by performing yagn--great
sacrifices. This yug lasts for 1,296,000 years.
Satyug
Satyug is characterised by virtue and wisdom, and there is
practically no ignorance or vice. This is why it is also known
as the golden age. In this age people lived up to 100,000 years.
It was very suitable to attain Moksh because people could
perform prolonged meditation. Satyug lasts for 1,728,000
human years.
The concept of time in Sanatan
Dharm
Sanatan Dharm includes the concept of
cyclical time through the doctrine of
yugs' or cosmic ages. In the successive
yugs people gradually descend from an
advanced spiritual state in Satyug to a
degenerated one in Kaliyug. The yugs are
vast time cycles of universal creation
(Sarg), preservation and dissolution
(Pralay) repeated eternally. This is
mirrored in the existence of Bramha, the
creator, who lives for one hundred
Bramha years. A day of Brahma's life is
considered to be made up of one
Mahayug, which consists of 4 yugs:
Satyug, Tretayug, Dwaparyug and
Kaliyug. At the end of a Mahayug (after
4,320,000 years) there is a universal
disaster when everything will be
destroyed by the Samvartak (cosmic
fire). A day of Bramha is followed by a
night of equal length, after which a new
Satyug emerges. The ratios between the
yugs are 4:3:2:1 in terms of duration,
kaliyug lasting the least, i.e. 432,000
human years. With the beginning of a
new Satyug, the original state of purity of
creation is restored, and the cycle
restarts.
Yug
Sarg creation of the universe
Preservation the universe exists
for 100 Bramha years
Pralay dissolution of the universe
One day of Bramha
The concept of time within Sanatan Dharm
is that of an eternal cycle within the illusion
(Maya).
Followers of Sanatan Dharm strive to attain
Moksh oneness with Reality.
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