yuga, VarNa and colour

Fri May 23 02:14:22 UTC 1997

At 07:25 AM 5/20/97 BST, Martin Gansten wrote:

>There does seem to exist an idea of Dvapara and Treta changing places,
>though, as I recall from reading certain commentaries on Bhagavata Purana.
>(I believe the words giving rise to this interpretation were 1.4.14:
>"dvaapare samanupraapte t.rtiiye yugaparyaye...")

That's interesting, but also highly unusual.  Wouldn't this translate as:
"when the DvApara has arrived at the third change of yuga..." or "when
DvApara, the third in the order of yugas, has arrived..."

Luis