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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 11]
completely maintained the principles of religion, but in other millenniums religion gradually decreased by one part as irreligion was proportionately admitted.
PURPORT
In the Satya-yuga millennium, complete execution of religious principles prevailed. Gradually, the principles of religion decreased by one part in each of the subsequent millenniums. In other words, at present there is one part religion and three parts irreligion. Therefore people in this age are not very happy.
TEXT 22
त्रिलोक्या युगसाहसं वहिराब्रह्मणो दिनम् । तावत्येव निश्चा तात यभिमीलति विश्वसृक् ॥२२॥
trilokyā yuga-sāhasram bahir ābrahmaṇo dinam tāvaty eva niśā tāta yan nimīlati viśvasṛk
trilokyāḥ—of the three worlds; yuga—the four yugas; sāhasram—one thousand; bahiḥ—outside of; ābrahmaṇaḥ—up to Brahmaloka; dinam—is a day; tāvatī—a similar (period); eva—certainly; niśā—is night; tāta—() dear one; yat—because; nimīlati—goes to sleep; viśvasṛk—Brahmā.
TRANSLATION
Outside of the three planetary systems [Svarga, Martya and Pātāla], the four yugas multiplied by 1,000 comprise one day on the planet of Brahmā. A similar period comprises a night of Brahmā, in which the creator of the universe goes to sleep.
PURPORT
When Brahmā goes to sleep in his nighttime, the three planetary systems below Brahmaloka are all submerged in the water of devastation. In his sleeping condition, Brahmā dreams about the Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and takes instruction from the Lord for the rehabilitation of the devastated area of space.