यज्ञप्रवर्तनम् (Yajña-pravartana) — The Institution/Commencement of Sacrifice in Dvāpara
चीरपत्राचिनधरा निष्क्रिया निष्परिग्रहाः / वर्णाश्रमपरिभ्रष्टाः संकरं घोरमास्थिताः / एतां काष्ठामनुप्राप्ता अल्पशेषाः प्रजास्ततः
cīrapatrācinadharā niṣkriyā niṣparigrahāḥ / varṇāśramaparibhraṣṭāḥ saṃkaraṃ ghoramāsthitāḥ / etāṃ kāṣṭhāmanuprāptā alpaśeṣāḥ prajāstataḥ
Clad in rags, leaves, and bark, they became inactive and without possessions; fallen away from the dharma of varṇa and āśrama, they entered a dreadful state of confusion. Thus the people reached that extreme, and only a scant remnant remained.