Shloka 42

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

ततः पुनरभूत्तासां रागो लोभश् च सर्वशः अवश्यं भाविनार्थेन त्रेतायुगवशेन च

Transliteration

tataḥ punarabhūttāsāṃ rāgo lobhaś ca sarvaśaḥ avaśyaṃ bhāvinārthena tretāyugavaśena ca

Translation

Dann erhoben sich in ihnen abermals überall Leidenschaft (rāga) und Gier (lobha)—unvermeidlich, getrieben von dem, was sich dem Schicksal gemäß entfalten musste, und von der prägenden Macht des Tretā-Yuga selbst.

Word by Word

• ततः: then

• पुनर्: again

• अभूत्: arose/came to be

• तासाम्: in them/among them

• रागः: attachment, passion

• लोभः: greed

• च: and

• सर्वशः: everywhere, on all sides

• अवश्यम्: inevitably, certainly

• भावि-अर्थेन: by the force of what is to come/by destined purpose

• त्रेता-युग-वशेन: by the influence/constraint of the Tretā age

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)