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Dvapara-yuga is two thousand years, and Kali-yuga is one thousand years

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

One thousand years? We have already passed five thousand years.
Room Conversation with Indonesian Scholar -- February 27, 1973, Jakarta:

Scholar: The explanation is that, according to the traditions that Brahmā, the day or the night of Brahmā's is one thousand yuga.

Prabhupāda: What is that yuga?

Scholar: It's mentioned in Chapter 4, 8. Four, verse eight. Yuga is eighths, one yuga is, it's written here a hundred years. One yuga is one eighths between the one incarnations to another incarnations.

Prabhupāda: But he has not given actual calculation of the years.

Scholar: The years, he mentioned here.

Prabhupāda: What is that?

Scholar: Only the yuga of..., Kṛta-yuga is four thousand years. And Tretā-yuga is three thousand years.

Prabhupāda: No.

Scholar: Dvāpara-yuga is two thousand years, and Kali-yuga is one thousand years.

Prabhupāda: One thousand years? (laughs) We have already passed five thousand years.

Scholar: Wait. Oh. There is one thousand years, god's years. If it is human years it is four million three thousand, three hundred twenty thousand years.

Prabhupāda: Total. There is...

Scholar: Four millions and...

Prabhupāda: That is the total yuga.

Scholar: Yes, in human years.

Prabhupāda: Human calculation.

Scholar: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Then it is all right.

Indonesian Scholar: Four million three thous... four, three, two...

Prabhupāda: About forty-three. About forty-three hundred thousands of years.

Scholar: Forty-three.

Prabhupāda: Hundred thousands of years. That makes it yuga.

Scholar: Yuga, yes.

Prabhupāda: Yes. And Brahmā's daytime is such forty three hundred thousands of years multiplied by one thousand.

Scholar: One thousand.

Prabhupāda: Forty-three hundred thousands of years multiplied by one thousand. So forty-three hundred thousand... That forty three, five zeros, and again three zeros. Then how... what it comes?

Scholar: Forty-three millions.

Prabhupāda: Eh? Forty-three, five zero, upon forty-three, add eight zeros. Then what it comes to?

Scholar: Ah.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Scholar: (Indonesian) Billion. Four billions of years, four billion years.

Prabhupāda: Four billion years is twelve hours of Brahmā's life.

Scholar: Just one day only.

Prabhupāda: One day only. Similarly one night. Then one day.

Scholar: Eight billion years one day of Brahmā.

Prabhupāda;: Yes. So that is the calculation.

Scholar: Yes.

Prabhupāda: So things are very complicated, and people should understand very rightly. They are, they are frog philosophy. Frog philos... We say frog philosophy. Frog philosophy means that a frog who lives in the well, he has got experience of water, three cubic feet. And if he's given to understand that there is Atlantic Ocean, it is very difficult for him to understand. So on the whole, it is... But it is not very completely explained. And our point is this, or at least it will give some idea of the Bhagavad-gītā to the people.

Scholar: Yes.

Prabhupāda: But still it has to be expanded, has to be more explicitly ex..., advertised. So our point is this, that we are trying to spread this knowledge of Bhagavad-gītā. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means that we are spreading the knowledge of Bhagavad-gītā. So this is a world-wide organization and you know something about us, about this movement. So this part of the world, this is Southeast Asia?

Scholar: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Southeast Asia. Why not combine it, join together, and scientifically preach this cult of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. People will be very glad to accept it.

Page Title:Dvapara-yuga is two thousand years, and Kali-yuga is one thousand years
Compiler:Mangalavati
Created:25 of May, 2011
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