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They, whose bodies shone with a brilliance that rivaled the radiance of the moon, consumed food equivalent to a *bārbha* (a type of fruit) in two days, a measure equal to an *akṣamātra* (a unit of measurement). ||19|| The remaining rules were as perfect as those of *Hari-kṣetra* (a mythical land of perfect virtue). Then, in due course, as the second *kalpa* (eon) came to an end, ||50|| the strength of the trees and other things gradually declined, and the boundaries of the *jighanya-bhoga-bhūmi* (a land of inferior pleasures) became apparent. ||51|| At that time, the third *kalpa* named *suṣamā-duṣṣamā* (a period of prosperity and adversity) began, like a righteous king, without transgressing its boundaries. ||52|| Its extent was like two *koṭi* (a unit of measurement) of oceans. In that *kalpa*, the lifespan of humans in this *Bharata-varṣa* (India) was equal to one *palyā* (a unit of time). Their bodies were one *krośa* (a unit of distance) tall, they were dark like *priyaṅgu* (a type of fruit), and they ate food equivalent to an *āmala* (a type of fruit) every other day. ||53-54|| As the third *kalpa* passed, when only one-eighth of a *palyā* remained, the strength of the *kalpa-vṛkṣa* (mythical trees of abundance) declined, and the *jyoti-raṅga* (a type of tree) became dim. ||55-56|| Then, on the full moon day of the month of *Āṣāḍha* (July-August), in the evening, the bright moon rose in the east and the setting sun appeared in the west. ||57|| At that time, the sun and moon shone brightly, as if they were two golden ships in the ocean of the sky, or two *tilaka* (marks) made of vermilion near the temple of the elephant of the sky, or two beautiful balls of lac placed in the hands of the woman representing the full moon, or two golden pots placed at the grand entrance of the house of the world, for the entry of the new king, the *kalpa* named *duṣṣamā-suṣamā*, or like foam in the form of stars.