[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s9.311.2 # An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s9.311.2 An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s9.311.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s9.311.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.311.2) When they had taken their seats, the \*devarshi\* Nārada also came to visit them. \*Yudhishṭhira\*, mentioning the happiness of the impious \*Dhārtarāshṭras\*, asked Mārkaṇḍeya about the results of men's acts. Mārkaṇḍeya, after having described the \*Kṛta\* age and the subsequent deterioration, answered the question (III, 183).—§§ 454-5: \*Brāhmaṇamāhātmya - kathana\* (q.v.).—§ 456: \*Sārasvati-Tārkshya-saṃvāda\* (q.v.).—§ 457: \*Vaivasvatopākhyāna\* (q.v.).—§ 458: \*Yudhishṭhira\*, saying that Mārkaṇḍeya alone worships \*Brahmán\* at the time of the great dissolution, when he sleeps in a lotus flower, and when he awakes to recreate the world, asked him to explain the causes of things. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Janārdana attired in yellow robes is the great creator of everything. After the dissolution, creation again comes to life. \*Kṛta yuga\* = 4,000 years + dawn 400 years + eve 400 years; \*Tretā yuga\* = 3,000 + 300 + 300; \*Dvāpara yuga\* = 2,000 + 200 + 200; \*Kali yuga\* = 1,000 + 100 + 100; altogether a cycle of \*yugas\* = 12,000 years. After the \*Kali\* yuga is over, the \*Kṛta\* yuga comes again. One thousand cycles constitute a day of \*Brahmán\*. Description of \*Kali\* yuga (\*b\*). Then comes a long drought, and seven suns drink up all water and reduce wood and grass to ashes. Then the \*Saṃvartaka\* fire with wind penetrates into \*Rasātala\* and terrifies the gods, \*Dānavas\*, and \*Yakshas\*, and consumes this world with gods, \*Asuras\*, \*Gandharvas\*, \*Yakshas\*, \*Uragas\*, and \*Rākshasas\*. - [Previous: c5.s9.311.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.311.1) - [Next: c5.s9.311.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.311.3) - [Up: c5.s9.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.311) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.311.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.311.2) · Pramāṇa