"The waning strength and stability of Dharma in the four yugas is graphically depicted by representing it as a majestic bull which stood firm on its four legs in the golden age of the world (krtayuga) and lost one of its legs to [ either of] the succeeding two yugas, TretÄ and DvÄpara, to stand tottering on a single leg during the present kaliyuga."
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C. S. Venkateswaran, about yugas in the Purana, quoted in K. D. Sethna, Ancient India in a New Light, 1990
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