Text 18] Calculation of Time, from the Atom 421

TRANSLATION

O spiritually powerful one, you can understand the movements of
eternal time, which is the controlling form of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Because you are a self-realized person, you can see everything
by the power of mystic vision. |

PURPORT

Those who have reached the highest perfectional stage of mystic
power and can see everything in the past, present and future are called
tri-kala-jiias. Similarly, the devotees of the Lord can see clearly everything
that is in the revealed scriptures. The devotees of Lord Sri Krsna can very
easily understand the science of Krsna, as well as the situation of the
material and spiritual creations, without difficulty. Devotees do not have
to endeavor for any yoga-siddhi, or perfection in mystic powers. They
are competent to understand everything by the grace of the Lord, who is
sitting in everyone’s heart.

TEXT 18

waa yarat
bi tn ant a alata

ftateatel aad ees

maitreya uvdca
krtam treta dvaparam ca
kalis ceti catur-yugam
divyair dvadasabhir varsaih
savadhanarm nirupitam

maitreyah uvdca—Maitreya said; krtam—the age of Satya; treta—
the age of Treta; dvaparam—the age of Dvapara; ca—also; kalih—the age of
Kali; ca—and; iti—thus; catuh-yugam—four millenniums; divyaih—of the
demigods; dvadasabhih—twelve; varsaih—thousands of years; savadhanam—
approximately; niriipitam—ascertained.

TRANSLATION

Maitreya said: O Vidura, the four millenniums are called the Satya,
Treta, Dvapara and Kali yugas. The aggregate number of years of all of
these combined is equal to twelve thousand years of the demigods.
