Treta Yuga as described in the Puranas

[@SakataSamig]

This Manvantar and Mahayuga really is special, Treta and Dwapara Yuga are switched around, and Treta or Dwarpa Yug are not even from the same cycle, rather from another cycle. Even better, the Supreme Lord Himself chose to descend on this Mahayuga, not just in His Original Personality, but also as Shree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and through Nama Avatar, and what to speak of Shree Kalki, He will descend soon as well. I was initially surprised when I found out that He and His avatars do not descend in every Mahayuga, but rather His avatars descend in certain Mahayuga, while His original appearance is even rarer. It truly is beautiful, I have nothing but gratitude to Shree Krishna for this human form of life in this Mahayuga, in this Kali Yuga. HariBol

[@radharaghuraman4178]

Could you let us know how often does the Treta and dvapara yuga get switched? And which yuga came prior to the Kali yuga in which we currently are in?

[@ArunSingh-vr2lx]

@@radharaghuraman4178according to Srila Prabhupada the Yuga before us was dwapar Yuga and before that was treta Yuga

[@SakataSamig]

​@@radharaghuraman4178 HareKrishna, yes please have a read below. In most references, we find the order of the yugas mentioned as Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali. The process of self-realization for Treta-yuga is mentioned as fire sacrifices and for Dwapara-yuga is mentioned as temple worship. That's what Srila Prabhupada mentions in his books most of the time, and how we usually learn. However, there are a few references, like this one, mentioning that actually, the usual order is Satya, Dwapara, Treta, and Kali, and sometimes (once in a day of Brahma, when Krsna appears, Lord Krsna appears) the order is changed to Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali. How does it work? Everyone agrees that Satya-Yuga lasts for 1,728,000 years and the process for self-realization is meditation, up to here there is nothing to be confused about. The confusing part is that this verse mentions that normally the next is Dwapara-Yuga (and not Treta), which lasts for 1,296,000 years and where the process of self-realization is fire sacrifices. The third is then Treta-Yuga, which lasts for 864,000 years and where the process of self-realization is temple worship, and finally, Kali-Yuga, where the process is the chanting of the holy names. However, in the special Divya-Yuga when Krsna appears (the one we are in) the order changes and the order becomes Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali. In this particular Divya-Yuga, the order of the yugas is switched. Treta-Yuga comes first, and Dwapara-Yuga comes after it. In other words, in this special Divya-Yuga, Treta-Yuga becomes the second age and lasts for 1,296,000 years, and Dwapara-Yuga becomes the third and lasts for 864,000 years. According to this purport by Srila Prabhupada, it appears that most of the references from the scriptures mention the order of the eras as Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali just because that's what is current for us, having happened in this way in the current divya-yuga we are living in, while the passages that mention the order as being Satya, Dvāpara, Tretā and Kali mention the general order of the ages in other divya-yugas. Nominally, the dharma for Treta-Yuga is fire sacrifices, and for Dwapara-yuga is temple worship, following the normal sequence for the three ages, but we can see that in practice people were doing a lot of fire sacrifices in the last Dwapara-yuga. We can see that during the whole Mahabharata the Pandavas and others are doing fire sacrifices. Temple worship is mentioned just in a few passages (like in the marriage ceremony of Rukmini), and not as something very central. In this way, it appears that together with the overlap of the eras, there is also some overlap in the religious duties practiced in both millenniums. Why do these changes happen? It appears that the ultimate reason is to facilitate Krsna's pastimes, since He comes in the age of the Ksatriyas to annihilate the demons and protect the devotees. In the normal course of Yugas, the age of the Ksatriyas would come earlier, right after Satya-Yuga, and the next age would be an age where people would do temple worship. Both eras would be relatively peaceful since there would be powerful Ksatriyas in Dwapara-Yuga, but they would be virtuous, and in Treta-Yuga when people would have more vices there would not be powerful Ksatriyas anymore and thus not so many conflicts. However, when Krsna comes the order is switched, and we have the explosive combination of the vices of the third age combined with the presence of powerful Ksatriyas, setting the stage for all the conflicts that Krsna uses it as a pretext for His pastimes involving the Pandavas, the battle of Kuruksetra, and so on. This is an obscure detail mentioned in the Puranas. It doesn't make much of a difference in practice, but since it's mentioned in the verse we are studying it, so there is no doubt.

[@SakataSamig]

@@radharaghuraman4178 This was originally posted Caitanya Chandra Dasa, so I take no credit for this. HareKrishna

[@radharaghuraman4178]

​@@SakataSamigThankyou so much for taking the time and efforts for writing the details elaborately. I appreciate your service 🙏

[@rohitkothari3890]

Amazing knowledge 🙏

[@RadhaMohanonutube]

Keep watching

[@radharaghuraman4178]

Thank you once again for such videos! I have shared your videos with my entire satsang and family and friends 🙏

[@RadhaMohanonutube]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@rebeccagolder5235]

Dandavat pranams 🙏

[@Goloka-vrindavan]

Hare krishna prabhuji

[@nitaigauranga4586]

Prabhu thank u for your wonderful work and research❤❤ always intresting facts to hear

[@RadhaMohanonutube]

So nice of you

[@Shameekdeysikder]

​@@RadhaMohanonutube sir, according to your opinion, what role is the illuminati group ( secret society of people who sell their souls to the devil to gain fame and power) going to play in the future events of kalyug?

[@studywithme-zg5cm]

thank you

[@RadhaMohanonutube]

You're welcome

[@DevRajIES1999]

Hare Krishna Prabhu Ji Dandvat pranam 🙏 Prabhu Ji in many previous videos you quoted things from Various other Puranas, so from where did you get their authentic Translations? As we have only Srimad Bhagavatam Puran Translation of Srila Prabhupad But not of other Puranas like Bhavishy Puran, Garud Puraan etc. Do you have any soft copy OR any online source to read authentic English Translation of all other Puranas as well?? Kindly let me know Prabhu Ji 🙏

[@RadhaMohanonutube]

The priority is the Srimad Bhagavatam, and purports by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. But references to other Puranas is ok if they support/ are consistent with the Bhagavatam, or provide more detail on certain things

[@ArunSingh-vr2lx]

Srila Prabhupadas books are always the topmost authority, but I also read Gita press translation of Bhavishya Puran

[@DevRajIES1999]

@@RadhaMohanonutube yes Prabhu Ji 🙏 do you have authentic Translations of other Puranas? I desire others also, Kindly let me know 🙏

[@DevRajIES1999]

​@@ArunSingh-vr2lx do you have English Translation of Bhavisya Puran , whatever Translation I have found are only of some chapter but not of whole bhavishy Puran

[@ArunSingh-vr2lx]

@@DevRajIES1999 yes, I recommend Gita press bhavishya puran and bhavishya puran translated to English by Shanti Lal Nagar, Shanti Lal Nagar bhavishya puran contains original Sanskrit slokas, the Gita press bhavishya puran is summarized version without the original slokas but still very authentic 🙏🏽

[@elementalbendingmaster3536]

Yes

[@jimy_rizu]

Mujhe b yug k sath sath badalna parega. Kalyug pe acche bane rehne se garibi hatti hi nahi.

[@RadhaMohanonutube]

yes. But if society was less greedy there would be less poverty

[@madhavgupta2002]

kindly fix the yuga duration so that one can make more sense of other mysteries and get somewhere close to solving that

[@RadhaMohanonutube]

its an issue that does need to be address, granted. but en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuga_cycle

[@Shameekdeysikder]

​@@RadhaMohanonutube Sir , according to your opinion,what role is the illuminati group ( secret society of elite class people who sell their souls to the devil to gain fame and power) will play in the future events of kalyug?

[@ArunSingh-vr2lx]

Hare Krishna prabhuji, could you kindly give your opinion on the claims that the British tampered with the Bhavishya Purana? I personally believe that they did not tamper with it because if they did then they would most likely have taken out the mentioning of the appearance of Kalki and the foretelling of Indian independence and many other details that are crucial to Sanatan Dharma, and instead replaced it with prophecies/details that support Christian beliefs. Also, the British tore down Mother Mary's tomb which is said to be in present-day Pakistan (which was at the time a part of India) because they did not support the idea of Mary being buried in India. So with that in mind, I find it hard to believe that they would insert texts of Jesus Christ being in India. Please kindly let me know, Haribol!!!! 🙏

[@RadhaMohanonutube]

Yes I find it hard to believe that they would have added Jesus to the Bhavishya Purana in the context of a personality embracing dharmic culture

[@ArunSingh-vr2lx]

@@RadhaMohanonutubeyes me too, also my last request, could you please tell me which verse in the bhavishya purana talks about Srila Prabhupada? The verse where you mentioned something like “a man wearing saffron robes will travel across the world and teach the Vedas and initiate with fire”? I would be very grateful if you could tell me. Hare Krishna!!!! 🙏🏽