Shloka 3

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

युगधर्मान्कथं चक्रे भगवान्पद्मसंभवः वक्तुमर्हसि मे सर्वं सांप्रतं प्रणताय मे

Transliteration

yugadharmānkathaṃ cakre bhagavānpadmasaṃbhavaḥ vaktumarhasi me sarvaṃ sāṃprataṃ praṇatāya me

Translation

ভগবান পদ্মসম্ভব কীভাবে যুগধর্ম স্থাপন করেছিলেন? আপনি অনুগ্রহ করে এখন, প্রণত আমাকে, সবই বলুন।

Word by Word

• युगधर्मान्: the dharmas (duties/laws) of the yugas

• कथम्: how

• चक्रे: fashioned/ordained/established

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord

• पद्मसंभवः: the lotus-born (Brahmā)

• वक्तुम्: to speak/tell

• अर्हसि: you are fit/ought

• मे: to me/my

• सर्वम्: all, everything

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present

• प्रणताय: to one who is bowed down/surrendered

• मे: to me

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrative frame; a disciple/sage is asking within the discourse)