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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

啶呧ぐ啷嬥�椸ぞ啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶膏た啶︵�嵿ぇ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距ざ啷嵿�氞い啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啶班�嵿し啶多い啶距く啷佮し啶� 啷�
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arog膩岣� sarvasiddh膩rth膩艣caturvar峁�a艣at膩yu峁�a岣� |
k峁泃e tret膩di峁�u hye峁Ｄ乵膩yurhrasati p膩da艣a岣� || 83 ||

During the 碍峁泃补 Cycle, men are free from disease, they have all their aims fulfilled, and their life lasts trhough four hundred years;鈥擠uring the 罢谤别迟腻 and other Cycles, their life becomes shortened, quarter by quarter.鈥�(83).

 

Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁�y补):

By reason of the absence of vice, which is the cause of disease, men are 鈥�free from disease鈥�; 鈥�disease鈥檚tands for sickness.鈥斺�楢ll,鈥� the four castes, have their desired purposes accomplished; 鈥榓im鈥� stands for purpose; or (it may mean) the results following from all their acts with purposes are duly obtained; on account of the absence of obstacles, all result are obtained without fail.

鈥�Their life lasts through four hundred years鈥欌�斺�淏ut we find the highest age described as 1600 years, in the Ch膩ndogya Upani峁�ad (3.16.7), where it is said 鈥榟e lived for sixteen hundred years鈥�.鈥�

It is in view of this that it has been held that the term 鈥�hundred years鈥� here stands for the stages of life; the meaning thus being that 鈥�they live through all the four stages of life,鈥欌�攎an鈥檚 life is never shortened, they never die without having reached the fourth stage. That such is the meaning is shown by the fact that in the second half of the verse we have the assertion 鈥�vayo hrasati,鈥� 鈥�life becomes shortened鈥�; this subsequent mention of the 鈥榮horterning of life鈥� would have some point only if the 鈥榣engthening of life鈥� were spoken of in the preceding sentence.

鈥�Quarter by quarter鈥欌�攖he term 鈥榪uarter鈥� here does not stand for the fourth part, it stands only for part; the meaning being that 鈥榤an鈥檚 life becomes shortened in part鈥�, i.e. some die while they are young children, others on reaching youth, and others on attaining old age; and the full span of life is difficult to attain.鈥�(83)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

鈥�Quarter by quarter鈥欌�擳he natural meaning is that men lived for 400 years during 碍峁泃补, 300 years during 罢谤别迟腻, 200 years during 顿惫腻辫补谤补 and 100 years during Kali But in view of the assertion in the Ch膩ndogya Upani峁�ad of a man having lived for 1600 years (3.16.17) Medh膩tithi has been forced to remark that 鈥榪uarter鈥� here stands for part, and not for the precise fourth part, and to explain the text to mean that 鈥榤an鈥檚 life becomes shortened in part; some die while they are young children, others on reaching youth and others on attaining old age.鈥�

The 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 1012) quotes the first line in support of the view that each cycle has a distinct character of its own.

 

Comparative notes by various authors

(Verse 81-86)

See Comparative notes for Verse 1.81 (Dharma in the 碍峁泃补-yuga).