Dvāpara Yuga

Dvapara Yuga is the third of the four cosmic ages in Hindu cosmology, following Satya and Treta Yugas. It spans 864,000 years, during which righteousness and moral order decline to half their original strength. This is the age in which the events of the Mahabharata take place and Lord Krishna incarnates.

In Dvapara Yuga, the soul's connection to its divine source becomes increasingly veiled by duality and attachment. Spiritual practice shifts from pure meditation and yajna toward temple worship and devotional rituals, as human beings require more tangible forms of the Divine to sustain their practice. It represents the stage of sadhana where the seeker struggles between higher knowledge and worldly entanglement.

From the absolute perspective, Dvapara Yuga illustrates the metaphysical principle that Brahman's self-concealment deepens progressively within the cycle of manifestation. The apparent diminishment of dharma is not a flaw but the natural rhythm of consciousness contracting before its eventual re-expansion. All four yugas exist simultaneously in the eternal present of Brahman, and Dvapara represents the critical threshold where the tension between vidya and avidya becomes most dynamic.