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Shloka 14

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

त्रिपादहीनस्तिष्ये तु सत्तामात्रेण धिष्ठितः कृतयुग कृते तु मिथुनोत्पत्तिर् वृत्तिः साक्षाद्रसोल्लसा

tripādahīnastiṣye tu sattāmātreṇa dhiṣṭhitaḥ kṛtayuga kṛte tu mithunotpattir vṛttiḥ sākṣādrasollasā

But in the age of Tiṣya (Kali), dharma stands deprived of three quarters, supported only by bare existence. In the Kṛta-yuga, however, the mode of life is direct and luminous with rasa, and the creation of pairs (male and female) proceeds in harmony.

त्रिपादहीनःlacking three quarters (of dharma)
त्रिपादहीनः:
तिष्येin Tiṣya-yuga (Kali age)
तिष्ये:
तुbut/indeed
तु:
सत्तामात्रेणby mere existence alone
सत्तामात्रेण:
धिष्ठितःsupported/established
धिष्ठितः:
कृतयुगेin Kṛta-yuga
कृतयुगे:
कृतेin the (age called) Kṛta
कृते:
तुhowever
तु:
मिथुनोत्पत्तिःgeneration/production of pairs (male-female)
मिथुनोत्पत्तिः:
वृत्तिःlivelihood/way of conduct
वृत्तिः:
साक्षात्directly, manifestly
साक्षात्:
रसोल्लसाshining with rasa (vital essence/joyful savor)
रसोल्लसा:

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)