Written by London swaminathan

Date: 2 July 2016

Post No. 2937

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In Western countries we very often see advertisements like ‘Buy one Get One Free’ or ‘Buy two get One Free’. Now and then we also see advertisements “if you spend 50 pounds or dollars you get five pounds or five dollars back”.

But for the Hindus there is nothing new in it. Because it is already said in the Vishnu Purana. And Vishnu Purana (Mythology) is the oldest of the 18 Puranas. Even the biased, crooked and jaundiced Westerners date it to second century CE.

Once the saints approached Vyasa, the Guru of Gurus and the author of the longest epic (Mahabharata) in the world with some questions. He heard their doubts first and then dipped into the holiest of the holy rivers Ganga. When he came out he said:-

Yatkrte dasabirvarsaistretaayaam haayanena yat

Dwaapare yaccamaasena ahoraatrena tat kalau

Tapasobrahmacharyasya japaadisca palan dwijaa:

Praapnoti pursastena kalissaadhwiti bhaasitam

“Look, my dear disciples, ten years penance in the Krta Yuga is equal to one year penance in the Treta Yuga. And one month penance in Dwapara Yuga is equal to that and that is equal to one day penance in the Kaliyuga.

In short, a person can get the benefits of ten year penance in one day in Kaliyuga (10×365=3650). If you want, you may add some more days for the leap years.

According to the Hindus there are four Yugas and they are cyclical i.e. repeat after every deluge or Pralaya. Kali is the worst of the four and known as Iron Age. Krta is the Golden Age, Treta is the Silver Age and the Dwapara is the Bronze age.

Hinduism is based on science and logic. Nothing is dogmatic. They accept the nature’s law that ‘Change is inevitable’. So our forefathers knew that a man in Kaliyuga can’t do long Yagas (Fire Sacrifices) which lasted between 12 years and 100 years in the Golden Age i.e. Krta Yuga. They knew very well that people will be flying in Jet planes for their regular office work or business and they wont have time to do long prayers. So they gave us a short cut.

But one essential qualification is there to get the full benefits. Even if the stores announce Buy one get Ten Free we must have money in our purse or on the credit card. Likewise, we must have purity in heart, sincerity in our prayers with good intentions in our hearts. Then only the Buy one and get 3650 free is applicable.

Those who are born in the Age of Kali are the luckiest ones!!!

–Subham–