Storia do Mogor 252.3

252.3

With regard to time, they divide it into four parts, which they call Nerutavigam (Krita-yugam), Duabraingam (Dwapara-yugam), Terridasugam (Treta-yugam), and Calvigam (Kali-yugam). Their belief is that the first three ages of the world have passed, and that those were true golden ages, not only in length, but in their nature, owing to the good fortune and the pleasant lives which all the world had and enjoyed. In the third age lived a king, the father of Rama, of whom I spoke in the life of Vishnu. This man lived sixty thousand years without having issue. Then in his old age and decrepitude he had a son. This vingano (yugam), or age of the world, has not had, according to my authors, any beginning or end, nor do they state any principle of its age or being.