![]() Treta Yuga lasts for 2.592 million solar years. To purify the wealth they took from the Earth, kings and sages organized grand Vedic sacrifices, offering gifts of praise to the gods, and items of charity to the general mass of people. The process of religion in Treta Yuga was yajna. The kings of the age became so power-hungry that Lord Vishnu was forced to descend in the form of Parashurama, who repeatedly annihilated the ruling kshatriya class for 21 generations. Thus the divisions of society were born: brahmanas (priests and intellectuals, kshatriyas (kings and warriors), vaishyas (farmers and merchants), and sudras (laborers and artisans). They wanted to exert their own power and influence over the natural world. In Treta Yuga, human beings began to experience more influence of the material modes of passion and ignorance. Now, instead of all people performing meditation and obtaining their necessities freely from the Earth, they had to perform hard labor to build shelters and cities and grow food for their sustenance. Treta Yuga saw the dawn of agricultural practices. They were prosperous, happy, and righteous. They performed great sacrifices and held religious festivals for the worship of the Supreme. Nonetheless, humans were for the most part still spiritually-inclined. Tribes and nations formed among the people as the customs and languages of each group grew further apart. This led to widespread feelings of dissatisfaction. Instead, they began seeking out the pleasures of the external world of the senses. They no longer felt content to simply sit in meditation and relish the joy of the Self.
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