Shloka 52

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

बलाद्विष्णुस्तदा यज्ञम् अकरोत्सर्वदृक् क्रमात् द्विजास्तदा प्रशंसन्ति ततस्त्वाहिंसकं मुने

Transliteration

balādviṣṇustadā yajñam akarotsarvadṛk kramāt dvijāstadā praśaṃsanti tatastvāhiṃsakaṃ mune

Translation

Dann vollzog Viṣṇu, durch Notwendigkeit gedrängt, ordnungsgemäß das yajña, da er alles im rechten Gefüge schaute. Damals priesen ihn die dvija; darum, o Weiser, heißt es, er sei der ahiṃsā, der Gewaltlosigkeit, zugetan.

Word by Word

• बलात्: by compulsion/forcibly/under necessity

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu

• तदा: then

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice (yajña)

• अकरोत्: performed/did

• सर्वदृक्: all-seeing/one who perceives all

• क्रमात्: in due sequence/according to proper order

• द्विजाः: the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)

• तदा: then

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise

• ततः: therefore/from that

• त्वा: you/him (as addressed in narration)

• अहिंसकम्: non-violent/one established in ahiṃsā

• मुने: O sage.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)