Shloka 4

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

शैलादिरुवाच तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शिलादस्य महात्मनः व्याजहार यथादृष्टं युगधर्मं सुविस्तरम्

Transliteration

śailādiruvāca tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śilādasya mahātmanaḥ vyājahāra yathādṛṣṭaṃ yugadharmaṃ suvistaram

Translation

Śailādi said: Having heard those words of the great-souled Śilāda, he then explained—exactly as it had been realized—at length the dharma proper to each yuga, in full detail.

Word by Word

• Śailādiḥ: Śailādi (the speaker)

• uvāca: said

• tasya: of him/that (Śilāda)

• tad-vacanam: those words/speech

• śrutvā: having heard

• Śilādasya: of Śilāda

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one

• vyājahāra: spoke/explained

• yathā-dṛṣṭam: as seen/realized (as known through direct understanding)

• yuga-dharmam: the dharma of the ages (yuga-wise religious order)

• suvistaram: very extensively/in great detail.

Speaker

Śailādi