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VedassaythatbeforethecreationoftheuniverseLordVishnuissleepinginthe
oceanofallcauses.Hisbedisagiantserpentwiththousandsofcobralikehoods.
Bytheway,inthetrinityofCreator,MaintainerandDestroyerasmentionedinthe
vedas,LordVishnuisthemaintainer.BrahmaisthecreatorandShivathe

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astherootofcreation!).Insidethislotus,Brahmaresides.Brahmarepresentsthe

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universewhichwealllivein,anditisthisBrahmawhocreateslifeforms.
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Nowtakeabreakhere.Vishnuisthepersonificationoftheeternalmultiversethat
existsforeverwithoutanybeginningorend.Brahmaisthepersonificationofour

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temporaryphysicaluniversethatwascreatedinthebigbang.
Brahmaissaidtohavebeencreatedfromthenavel(whichisasinglepoint)of
Sri Venkateshwara
Suprabhatam and
Valmiki Ramayan

Vishnu,describedasalotusbloomingoutofthenavel,muchlikeourbigbang

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universe.NowthisuniverserepresentedbyBrahmaisnotapermanentuniverse,
itistemporary,Brahmalivesfor100yearssaythevedasandthendiesandthen
anewuniverse(Brahma)isborn.

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Fornow,brahmarepresentsouruniversewhichhasbirthanddeath,abigbang
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beyondouruniversewhichhasnobirthordeathandthatwhichiseternal!Many
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Vedassaythatthousandsofbrahmashavepassedaway!Inotherwords,thisis
notthefirsttimeuniversehasbeencreated.
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nextBrahma.Well,thatssomethingIhavetodosomeresearchintolater,the
morethingstothinkabout,themorehappyandoccupiedIam
ComingbacktoadayoftheBrahma.Well,thereisdayandnight.Vedassaythat
duringthedayBrahmaisbusyincreationoflifeandduringthenightalllifehe
createdisabsorbedbackintohim!SowewillbethereonlyforthisdayofBrahma,
whichisthefirstdayofhis51styear.Butdontfeelsad,letmepromiseyou,thisis
aprettylongday.
AdayofBrahma
EachdayofbrahmaiscalledaKalpa,andthisitselfisveryhugeanumber.No
wonder,ancientIndianshadtobeperfectinmathematicsbeforegoingintoall
thesethings.
Akalpaismadeupofbrahmasonedayandonenight.
Manvantaras

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Thedayhas14Manvantaras.Similarlythenighthasanequal14Manvantaras.
ButthenBrahmaisrestinginthenight,soletsgetbacktothedayagain.Weare
inthe7thManvantaraofBrahmasthisday,saythevedas.
MahaYuga
EachManvantaraismadeupof71Mahayuga.Weareinthe28thMahayugaof
thisManvantarasaythevedas.
AMahayugaisacollectionof4Yugas.Mahameansgiantorhuge.
The4yugasareSatyaYuga(alsocalledKritaYuga),TretaYuga,DwaparaYuga,
KaliYuga.WeareintheKaliyugaofourcurrentMahayugasaythevedas.
SatyaYugalastsfor40%ofitsMahayugaAgeofdivinewherehumansneedno
physicalmeanstoexistandareindirectcontactwiththeGod
TretaYugalastsfor30%ofitsMahayugaAgewherebaddeedsstartappearing,
stillthereislotoftruth,infact3/4ofthisageisstillgoodness
DwaparaYugalastsfor20%ofitsMahayugaDwaparameansafterthesecond,
wheretherearealmostequalamountofgoodandbad
KaliYugalastsfor10%ofitsMahayugaKalimeansDarknessinSanskrit(notto
beconfusedwithKaaliwhichisgodess),nowonderweareinthisage
Nowfinallywehavereachedtoatimescalewhichwecanrelatetoourownyears.
1Kaliyuga=432000solaryears!
AKaliyugahasthelengthofoneYuga.SoOneMahayugahas10Yugasofwhich
fourareinSatyaYuga,3inTretaYuga,2inDwaparaand1inKaliYuga.
SoaMahayuga=10timestheKaliyugai.e4,320,000solaryears
Calculations
Letusdosomereversecalculationsnowtofindouttheageoftheuniverseasper
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thevedas.
1Mahayuga=4,320,000years
1Manvantara=71Mahayugas
1dayofBrahma=14Manvantaras=994Mahayugas
Nowasmalladditionhere,VedasalsosaythatbeforeandaftereachManvantara
thereisagapequivalentto4Yugas(NotMahaYugas).
Sonow,1dayofBrahma=14Manvantaras+(15x4Yugas)
=994Mahayugas+60Yugas
=994Mahayugas+6MahaYugas=1000
So1dayofBrahma=1000MahaYugas=4,320,000,000years
1nightisagain1000MahaYugas==4,320,000,000years
1Completeday=day+night=8,640,000,000years=8.64billionyears
Notethatweareinthe7thManvantaraofthisday.Soletuscalculatehowmany
yearshavepassedsincetodaystartedforBrahma.
Step1:For6Manvantaraswehave71x6=426Mahayugas
Step2:ThenwehavethegapsbetweeneachManvantarawhichis7x4Yugas=
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2.8MahaYugas
Step3:ThenwehavethecurrentMahayugainourManvantarawhichis28th,we
areinthelast1/10ofit(RememberKaliyugaisthelastof4yugasandspans1/10

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Soallputtogetherwehave426+2.8+27.9=456.7Mahayugashavebeenalready
spentincurrentdayofBrahma.Approximately543moretogobeforeweallare
absorbedbackintotheBrahma
Okayso456.7intermsofyearsis456.7x4,320,000=1,972,944,456whichis
about2billionyears.Somewhatclosetowhatevolutionproposesforlifeonearth.
AgeoftheUniverse
Nowletsfindouttheageofouruniverseasperthevedas.Letusconsiderthe
ageoftheBrahmatobetheageoftheuniverse.Thisisonenumberwhichno
moderntheorycanevencomeanywhereneartoit.
AswesawearlieradayofBrahmahas2000MahaYugas(day+night).
Thereare360daysinayearforBrahmaandweareinthefirstdayof51styear.
Sofar360x50=18000dayshavepassedforBrahma
Thisisequivalentto18000x2000x4320000HumanYears
Inotherwords155,520,000,000,000HumanYears
AddthecurrentdayofBrahmawhichis1,972,944,456HumansYears
Soasperthevedas,thecurrentageoftheuniverseis155,521,972,944,456
Yearswhichisabout155,522billionyears!!!Moderndaysciencehasbeenable
topredictageofouruniversetobeonlyabout1520billionyears!MoreoverSince
weareinthefirstdayof51styearofBrahma,almostequalamoutoftimehasto
passbeforethisuniverseends!!
Soeithermodernsciencestillhasalongwaytogoinestimatingtheageofour
universe
OR
theuniversementionedinvedasisthemotherofalluniverses(amultiverse
probably)includingourownuniverse!!!
Moreinteresting:
Vedasalsosaythattheaveragehumanlifespanineachyugaisasfollows:
KaliYuga=100Years
DwaparaYuga=200Years

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TretaYuga=300Years
SatyaYuga=400Years!
Iobservedanotherinterestingfacthere.Vedasarealsoimplyingbythisthat
humansarenotlimitedtoplanetearthnortothisuniversealone.Webelongto
otherYugasaswellwherewelivealongerlife!!Morethanthelengthofthelife,a
greaterdepthaswell
Aliens,pleasecomeandmeetme,wannadiscussalot,peopleoneartharebusy
makingmoney
Brahma,pleaseputmeinsomeparalleluniverse.
Bytheway,universemeansoneverse,theoneversewhichcreatedthis
universeOM
TheHindureligionistheonlyoneoftheworldsgreatfaithsdedicatedtotheidea
thattheCosmositselfundergoesanimmense,indeedaninfinite,numberof
deathsandrebirths.Itistheonlyreligioninwhichthetimescalescorrespond,to
thoseofmodernscientificcosmology.Itscyclesrunfromourordinarydayand
nighttoadayandnightofBrahma,8.64billionyearslong.Longerthantheageof
theEarthortheSunandabouthalfthetimesincetheBigBang.Andthereare
muchlongertimescalesstill.CarlSagan,FamousAstrophysicist

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NWactivist 11hoursago

ChecksriYukteswar:TheHolyScience,mostaccuratedepictionofVedastime
measurements,alsoalignswithscienceinsomeaspects.

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S.S 11daysago

Brahma,Vishnu&Mahesh(Shiva)whichcommonlyarerepresentedinHumanformsare
basicallymerePersonificationsoftheProcessofEvolution,Preservation&Destructionof
Universe.MostpeoplewhodonotunderstandfromoutsidejustseeitasHumanGods&
findthetheoryunappealingwithoutgoingdeepertostudy.AsfortheAuthor'sview,hehas
hisMathcalculationsgowrongafewplaces.InSatYuga,theaverageLifeofHumanswas
4000yearsandthustheycoulddo'Tapasya'i.ePenaceforhundredsthousandsofyearsto
attainthe'truth'.TheAverageagebecomeslessinTretaYugato400years,thento200
yearsinDwaparYugandthento100YearsinKalyug.InKalyugitispredictedthattheSins
wouldincrease,thetechnologywillmaketheartificialthatis'Maya'orthe'illusion'appearto
beRealandthe'RealTruth'wouldbecomefaintandhidden.Religion,beitanywilllooseits
significance,Peoplewillstopacknowledginganythinglike'God'or'Supreme'.Humanswill
thinkofthemselvesastobethemostSupreme&creatorsofeverythingaround'Technology
basedillusions'.Oncethiswillhappen,thefearofdoingwrong&theincentiveofdoing
'right'willfinish.Religioustalks&ideasshallbeproudlyshatteredwithoutevenstudyingit.It
willbeconsideredtobeprimitive&falsebeliefs.Moralitywillbeatitslowest.Heinous
crimeswillbecommittedwithnofearofitsresults.ThatiswhenthelastAvatarofVishnu
'KalkiAvatar'willcometoEndtheworldandagaintheprocessofEvolutionshallstartwith
Satyug.ThoughtheformofKalkiAvatarisdepictedashalfHuman&HalfHorse,againitis
seemore

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Vinoo 4monthsago

Canyouquotethesourceforthetheory.Thereisnosingleplacewherethiscalculationis
listed.WikihasManvantrawhereitissaidtheageofBrahmaisaround10.5bnyearsand
comesclosetohumanprediction.
Miltiverseconceptstillholdsgoodwiththisage.Alsohumanagesmultiplesby10every
yugas.
Internetisnotaplacetopublishthingsaswhatoccurinyourdreams.Bepointful.

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NWactivist>Vinoo 11hoursago

CheckTheHolySciencebySriYukteswar,bestdefinitionofYugasetc.

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NASAH(USA) 7monthsago

"Itistheonlyreligioninwhichthetimescalescorrespond,tothoseofmodernscientific
cosmology."THEONLYSENTENCETHATDESCRIBESTHEHINDUCREATIVITY
THERESTISRELIGIOUSHOCUSPOCUS.

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NASAH(USA) 7monthsago

The1857editionofoneofthebooksbyscholarSirThomasMoredescribestheageofthe
earthbyVediccalculationsas3.6billionyears!!!!

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NWactivist>NASAH(USA) 11hoursago

Whichjiveswiththecurrent"scientific"estimates,gofigure!

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NASAH(USA) 7monthsago

FormeHindureligiongainsarespectofHimalayanproportionwhenitscalculationsof
universe'sorearth'sagegobeyondthepatheticJudeoChristianIslamiccalculationsof5
thousandyearshowmathematicallyilliteratecanyouget.
HindusarewizardsofMath.

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anonymous>NASAH(USA) 4monthsago

ushutyourfreakingmouth,uhavenorightstoteaseanyone.....

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Rajkumar 8monthsago

Calculationsseemstobewrong.eachuniverse(brahma)hasbeencalculatedashavinga
lifespanof311.04billionyears.presentuniversebeingthe7thonehasgonehalfitswayso
ithastobe155.5billionyearswhichisnearlyequaltoscientificcarbondatingdataand
otherscientificevidences.vedasaretheonlytextavailablewhichpredictsearthagemost
precisely.vedasarenotreligioustextbecausereligionmeansfollowingtheviewsorvisions
ofoneenlightenedpetsonality.vedicpeoplewereselfenlightenedhumanbeings,eachof
themhadthereownspiritualpath.moreoveraspervedasoutoffouryugas,kaliyugaistoo
farawayfromthatsupersunaroundwhichoursunalongwithitsplanetsmovesinan
elipticalpath,supersunbeingatthebroadendofthateggshapedpath.Asinfluenceofthis
supersunislesspeopleundergoesvarioustramas.wecanbehappythatwearein
ascendingyugassopeoplewillgetmoreandmoreenlightened.Eachonewilltrytobe
spiritual.spiritualityissimplyrealizingoneselfandthisvastexistance.

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Abdulaziz 8monthsago

155trillionyearoldiswrongaccordingbigbangtheory.155trillionyearolduniverseis
wrongaccordingtorainbowgravitytheory.Insomepartsofvedasitclearlysaysthousands
ofyearsandinsomehundredsofyears.
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Abdulaziz 8monthsago

Afterreadingcommentsbelowconfirmthatnobodyknowswhatthevedasreallysay.Every
tomdickandharryispullingthingsoutofhatsuithisownimaginationandhisemotional
attachmenttohisbeliefs.Whenaskedtoprovideevidences,theyalldisappear.Whydo
religiouspeopleliesomuchtodefendtheirfaith?

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NWactivist>Abdulaziz 11hoursago

CheckTheHolyScience,Yukteswar,bestdefinitionsandjiveswithscience.

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NeverGiveUp>Abdulaziz 4monthsago

YougivemeoneevidencethatmoonwasbrokenintotwopiecebyMuhammad.
Yougiveoneevidencethatallyourprophethadsomekindofsuperiorpower.You
givemeoneevidencethathowanygoatcomeinbetweenofchildattimeofballi.
Yougivemeoneevidenceafterpersondeadgotoheavenorhell.Thisisallhuman
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Yougivemeoneevidenceafterpersondeadgotoheavenorhell.Thisisallhuman
beingbelieffrommanymanyyearago.Youallhad25messengeronlyonequran
bookexistwheretheothermessengerbookgoneofthosewaswritten.Ifyou
pointinganyotherreligionthattheynotfollowtheretextureofbookonlythenmuslim
itselfdon'tfollowjusttheybehaveincrowdthattheyfollow.Ifyoudon'ttrustmethen
askyourreligiongirlwhowalkholdingherboyfriendhandbywearingburkha.You
willgettoknowthebenefitsofwearingburkhainsociety.
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Abdulaziz>NeverGiveUp 4monthsago

Everythingyouquotedhasnoevidenceatall.Theyarejustasridiculousas
yourvedacrap.Canyoudigit,bro?

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NeverGiveUp>Abdulaziz 4monthsago

Ithinkweshouldleavethediscussionhearnow.Myreplytoyouwas
onlytoanswerdon'taskforevidenceorgivedrawbackofreligion.As
muchbadhinduexistonthisearthmorethanthatmuslimtooexist.
Whattodaywebelievingordoingforgodisonlyaccordingtoour
parientsbelief.Neveriwillgonnatounderstandislamnoryouwill
understandvedas.Thisactivitywillneverstop.Maybeyourallah
haveplannedhumanbeinglifegointhiswaycozmuslimscholars
alwayssayswhateverexistonthisplanetisaccordingtoallah
permissiononlysowhyyounotacceptit?
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NeverGiveUp>Abdulaziz 4monthsago

Yesicanbrotherifyoujoinmeinfinding
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Sai 9monthsago

actuallyvedasarewordofgod.Noonecanmanufacturevedas.Sowhocanknowmore
aboutanythingapartfromthemanufacturerofthatthing.sothiswholeuniverseiscreated
bygodandwhenhegivestheinformationthroughtheagencyofgodthatismoreaccurate
thanfindingactualitythroughtelescopeetc.Sosaintsdonottakeinformationfromtheir
experimentsratherfromthevedas(God).sotheydonotneedtelescopes.

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nagendra 10monthsago

Sir,SB:Asyousaid,ifscienceisrightaccordingtoyou,thenhowcomeoursaintstoldthe
exactdistanceofsunandmoonfromtheearthandhowcome,theysaidthatarundathiand
vashishtastarsrotatearoundthemselvesandtheybothrevolveeachother.Didtheyhave
telescopetotellallthese????????????allthesesciencesarebasedonthevedics.

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SB ayearago

Yousay:"Soeithermodernsciencestillhasalongwaytogoinestimatingtheageofour
universeORtheuniversementionedinvedasisthemotherofalluniverses(amultiverse
probably)includingourownuniverse!!!"
Maybethereisathirdalternative:modernscienceisrightinitsestimateoftheageofour
universe..andthevedasgotitwrong?
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vishyg>SB 9monthsago

Firstthing...Donttaketheauthorforhisword.Hehasgivenyouadirection..Followit
anddoyourownresearch...Forex:Humanageaspredictedineachyugabythe
authoriswrong...InSatyaYuga,ahumancanliveupto100,000years.
Whatthevedassayisbroadlycorrectintermsofaninfinitemultiverse.
Ittalksofmillionsofuniverses...Andtheconceptofrelativisitcnotionofspacetime
actuallyarisesbasedontheageofBrahma...ThewayBrahmaviewstheuniverseis
differentfromus..Sinceforhimtimepassesvslowly...whereasforustimepasses
differently..Ifyouhadtoldthisconcepttoanyastronomereven300yrsago,hemight
havelaughedyouoff...Butthevedashaveremainedthesame..Itsthesame
knowledge...
Theageofouruniverseisalwaysdifficulttoestimate....Theyearshave
approximations...Butthevedasdosaythatoursisjustoneuniverseandthatour
universewascreatedanditwilldieandwillberecreatedagain...Thebigbang
approximatesthesame..
Butsciencehasnotyetpostulatedclearlyhowthebigbangoriginatedandwhatwas
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Butsciencehasnotyetpostulatedclearlyhowthebigbangoriginatedandwhatwas
beforethebigbang..Thecurrenttheoryofmultiverses(whichonlyoriginatedinthe
last50yrs)isverysimilartothetheoryofthevedas..
EvenCarlSaganhasacknowledgedthesameinhisbook"Cosmos"..
Iamagnostictoo,butihaveanopenmindandhenceiknowhowtodifferentiate
betweenliteralsandmetaphors...Thevedasused"Brahma"asunitsincetheydidnt
knowabout"lightyear"simpleasthat...

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sumit>SB 10monthsago

IfvedascalculationrwrongthenwhylordhanumangivingdistanceisequaltoNASA
calculationbetweenearthtosuninhanumanchalisa
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VijaySolanki ayearago

Mydearfriend,theresearchtoyoudidisprettygoodbutIhavethequestion..You
mentionedit'sfromvedaswillyoupleasetellmewhichversefromvedasandwhichvedas
it'smentioned..Ihavegonethroughallvedasrig,yajur,sama,andatharvaVedanoteven
findwherethestoryofvishnuandbrahmawrittenevenifyougothroughthevedasthereis
novishnuatall..Sowherethisstoryiswritteninvedas?
ThenIgonethroughthevishnupuran.Andfoundthisstory..Onemorethingifyougo
throughthesivapuranyouwillfindthedifferencestoryanddifferentconceptofuniverse..
Plzdon'tsharefalseinformationinthenameofvedas..
AnyoneinterestedinvedaspleaseletmeknowIwillbehappytosharethetrue
knowledge..
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DIPANKAR>VijaySolanki 9monthsago

Sir,canuplzsharethevedasinenglishifpresentwithu.
myemailaddressisdipankaronzenith@gmail.com

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vishyg>VijaySolanki 9monthsago

Youarewrong..WhetheritisShivapuranorVishnupuranallaredifferent
explanationsofsameconcept...Itsjustthatyouneedtohaveanopenmind..
PleasenotethatVedaswerewrittenbyscholarsoveraperiodof100sofyears..And
theyborrowfromeachothertoo..Soyouwillfindlotsofsimilarreferences...There
arenorealcontradictionsinthem..YouwontfindasituationwhereonePuransays
universeis1000yrswhereasanothersaysunverseisbillionsofyears...itisbillions
andbillionsofyearseverywhere...Thewordsandmetaphorsusedtoexplainitis
different.

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Gurudev >VijaySolanki

ayearago

Reallysir?Haveyougonethroughallthevedas?Iguessyoumeanyouunderstand
vedicsanskritandhavereadthemall.
canyoupleasethentellmewhereinthevedasdoyoureadaboutHiranyagarbha.
Whatarethoseversesandwhatdotheymean?
PS:Wikipediaarticlesorrandominternetstuffarenotvedas
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Payal ayearago

gurudevji,reallygreatblogthisis.awesome!!
butaccordingtothis,guidemeifiamwrong.(sorryformybadenglish)
theageofbrahmais50yrsand1day(current)thenitmeansthat
360*50=18000daysand18000nightshavepassedintotalandeach
ofthesedayhecreatedtheuniverseandwhenatnightheslept
thewholeuniversegotdissolvedinhim.18000timesuniversecreatedanddestroyedby
him???wearein18001thdayofbrahma.amicorrect??andweareinkalyugaof28th
mahayugaof7thmanavantaraofhis18001thday.
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Manali ayearago

*Correction
Averagelifespanofhumanbeingsinthefouryugasisasfollows:
SatYuga:1,00,000years
TretaYuga:10,000years
DwapurYuga:1,000years
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KalYuga:100years
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SurenderaKaushik ayearago

ItisverygreattoevaluatethevariousperiodswiththehelpofourholyandgreatVedas.Itis
unbelievableforrestoftheWorldthatOurhistoryistheforefathersofthem.Ithinktodaythe
World'sgreatScientistscannotreachevenafterthousandsofyeartoourCroresofyears
inventions.IamhavingtheproudthatIborninBharatVarshwhichisthenameofAncient
BharatandnotinIndiawheretheNasasaidtheRamsetuwasbuiltbefore1,70,000years
B.C.andOurnewbornhistorywriterssaidRamaandRavanawerebornbefore7,000years
.
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hdkpatel>SurenderaKaushik 8monthsago

DuringthatHanuman,shukgrivandbalitheywereApepeopleisaperfectexampleof
humosapien.thusyoucaneasilycalculatetheageofthatpeoriod

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Guest ayearago

Whyquestioningoverthisarticleifuwanttoquestionthemitsasimpleandeasymethod.
GoodtogoresearchdeeplyoverVedasandfindanswer,notonepersonabletogive
people'sanswerbecausethissubjectisinfinitive.somewherewemissalotbecauseWedo
wronginterpretationofsholaks.BeacuseallVedaswrittenbyaspecialmethodcalled
Sholaks.WhatisaSholak?Sholaksisthepoeticwaytorepresentthoserespectivethought
inSanskrit.SoclearlywhatinVedasifwewanttoknowthisneedadeepandproper
researchandlastonemoreconfusingthing.Aftertheoriginalonehadwrittennextgen
peoplehashadaddsomeimaginarythingsowhichispartisoriginalandwhichpartisnot,it
shouldbeverified.Anditsnotaeasytaskitsrequirealengthyhardandsametimesmart
work.Andifoundatnetitsallcopypasteworkpeopletakingknowledgehereandthereand
writeblogthisnothelpeither.Iamsuresomeonedothisorsomeorganizationwilldothis
andcomeupwithoriginalresearch.

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vishyg>Guest 9monthsago

Itsnotaboutimaginaryandoriginal..Itsjustthatdifferentscholarsexplainedthe
sameconceptintheirownways...
ItslikeremakingaKoreanfilmfirstintoEnglish,thenintoHindiandthenintoTamil..
:)

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saisekhar 2yearsago

iamveryhappyinseeingtheabovearticleabout/fromvedas.....
igotmoreinformationaboutvedasthanistudiedininternet.....butofnouseinmodren
society........daysarelikethat........
iamsohappyinseeingthis........
greatwork........
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amitchouhan 2yearsago

"1Kaliyuga=432000solaryears"....howdidyouarriveatthis?Pleaseelaborate.
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Murali>amitchouhan 6monthsago

Therearetwometrics,humanyearsanddevayears.KaliYugais1200Devayears,
DwaparaYugais2400Devayears,TretaYugais3600Devayearsand
Satya/KrithaYugais4800Devayears.And,eachDevayearisequivalentto360
solar/humanyears.So,usingthismultiplicationfactorwecanarriveatKaliYugaas
1200*360=432000years.Hopethishelps.

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Sai 2yearsago

GodisonewhocreatedtheUniverseandattheendhewilldestroytheUniverse.Whydoes
hedothis?

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vishyg>Sai 9monthsago

Donttakeitliterally...Evenifyouaintabeliever(Iamagnostictoo)youcanstillsee
theconceptswhicharequitestrongandfundamentallygood..Youcanalways
wonderaboutcauseandeffect..Theproblemisatsomepointthereisnodifference
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wonderaboutcauseandeffect..Theproblemisatsomepointthereisnodifference
betweencauseandeffectandtheybecomeone...Andquestioniswhathappened
then...

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MiloBlanuaMadhva>Sai 2yearsago

Mysonisdoingthesamethingwithhistoysandheisveryhappyaboutit.Itmustbe
thatGodiseternallyinHisyouth:)

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Vedas 2yearsago

Youput155,522billionyearswhenitshouldbe155.522trillion.
Also,whenIdothecalculations,Iget155,521,972,949,115yearswithusbeing5,115years
intothecurrentKaliYugaasof2013.I'vealsoheardthatbeforeLordBrahmastartedto
create,hesearchedfor2.1billionhuman(1,000celestial)yearsuntilheheardthesound
vibration'tapa'(austerity).Hethenmeditatedforanother2.1billionyearsbeforeLord
Narayanaappearedandgavehiminstructionstocreateandpopulatetheuniverse.So
technically,tocalculatetheageoftheplanets,wecanchopoffanother4.2billionyears
minusthetimeittooktodothecreating.Ihaveheardthatthelower10lokas(including
Earth)aredestroyedduringLordBrahma'snight,butIhaven'tbeenabletoverifyit.
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stevestuart>Vedas ayearago

thatmeansnowis155,521,972,949,116asof2014A.D
onfeb,17,1999A.Dwasbegining155,521,972,949,101?

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Tech2Yantra>Vedas 2yearsago

Well155,522billionyearsitselfequals155.522trillion
sonothingwronggiveninarticle.
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RajeevRanjan 2yearsago

Cananyonesuggestmefromwheretobuyrigvedabookwithatranslationinhindi...
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Thuman 2yearsago

CarlSaganbroughtmehere.greatsummery!thanksalot,veryuseful.
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DeboprosadMondal 2yearsago

GurudevcanyoupleasecorrecttheageswhereyoumentionedhumanlifespaninKali
Yuga=100Years,DwaparaYuga=200Years,TretaYuga=300Years,SatyaYuga=400
Years.Itshouldbe100,1000,10000and100000yearsrespectively.
Alsoageofuniverseshouldbe155,522trillionyears,billion.Thanks.
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Sangeet 2yearsago

Vedasdon'tmentionaboutdifferentGods
ThereisonlyGod.OnlyHeiscalledbydifferentnames.
TheseideasofvishnusleepingisasperPuranas
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SK>Sangeet ayearago

Well,VedasdomentionaboutVishnuisBrahman(notfourfacedBrahma).Lookat
MahaNarayanaUpansihat.ThisUpanishadstartswithambaramadhE(i.e
descriptionofwaterinvaikunTa)andthedeityWhoissarvOttamarestingonthe
serprpent.Attheveryend,thisUpanishadconcludeswithassertion'tadEvabrahma
paramamkavInaam'.Kavis(jnyAnis)callthisbeingonly(tadEva)as'paramaM
Brahma'.Thus,vishNuonlyisBrahmanisrealsense.
InanotherUpanishaditsays'sarvEvEdAyatpadamAmananti......tadviShNOH
paramampadam'
InBhagvatGita,Sri.KrishnaclaimsfromallVedasHeonlyisknown'vEdEschha
sarvErahamEvavEdyaH'
IhavemanymorequotesaboutVishnubeingthesarvottamainallVedas.

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Raj>Sangeet 2yearsago

wellhindusneversayword"god"..theyuseword"bhagwan"forsupremegod..
andword"devas./devatas"fordemigods:)whortemporarynoteternal
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gopidevi 2yearsago

Ithoughtpeoplelived100yearsinKaliYuga,1,000inDwarparaYuga,10,000inTretaYuga
and100,000inSatyaYuga?
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DeboprosadMondal>gopidevi 2yearsago

IthinkyouarerightGopiDevi.Idon'tknowhowdidtheauthorgetthosenumber.
Thenumbersarewrong.Forexample,itismentionedinpuranassagesusedtodo
tapasyafor1000years,5000yearsetc.AlsotheageofVismaPitamahawhenhe
diedwasaround350yrsandhelivedneartheendofDwaparaYuga.Authorshould
makeacorrectionofthosenumber.Otherwisepeoplewillbeconfusedanddon't
knowwhototrust.
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ManojBudhia 3yearsago

illliketoadd,canudorevrsecalculation,likeassumingageofbrahma51years,andas
permodernscience13.7billionyearsoldisbrahma.
someveryinterstingandpracticalresultscanbefound.
meansnowkaliyugcomestobe8000yearswhichsoundpracticalthe4.32lacwhich
soundsimagenery.
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