Shloka 69
युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति
Devanagari script
एषा रजस्तमोयुक्ता वृत्तिर् वै द्वापरे स्मृता आद्ये कृते तु धर्मो ऽस्ति स त्रेतायां प्रवर्तते
Transliteration
eṣā rajastamoyuktā vṛttir vai dvāpare smṛtā ādye kṛte tu dharmo 'sti sa tretāyāṃ pravartate
Translation
This mode of conduct, bound up with rajas and tamas, is remembered as characteristic of the Dvāpara age. In the first age, Kṛta, dharma truly abides; and that very dharma proceeds onward into the Tretā age.
Word by Word
एषाthis
एषा:
रजस्-तमो-युक्ताconjoined with rajas and tamas (passion and inertia)
रजस्-तमो-युक्ता:
वृत्तिःconduct, disposition, way of life
वृत्तिः:
वैindeed
वै:
द्वापरेin the Dvāpara-yuga
द्वापरे:
स्मृताis remembered/declared
स्मृता:
आद्येin the first
आद्ये:
कृतेin the Kṛta-yuga
कृते:
तुhowever/indeed
तु:
धर्मःdharma, righteous order
धर्मः:
अस्तिexists, abides
अस्ति:
सःthat (dharma)
सः:
त्रेतायाम्in the Tretā-yuga
त्रेतायाम्:
प्रवर्ततेcontinues, comes into operation, proceeds.
प्रवर्तते:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)