Shloka 10

इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानम्

Indradyumna Upākhyāna: On Kīrti, Smṛti, and Restoration

Devanagari script

किंतु त्रेतामें वह धर्म अधर्मके एक पादसे अभिभूत होकर अपने तीन अंशोंसे ही प्रतिष्ठित होता है। द्वापरमें धर्म आधा ही रह जाता है। आधेमें अधर्म आकर मिल जाता है

Transliteration

kintu tretāyāṃ sa dharmo 'dharmasyaikapādenābhibhūtaḥ svatribhāgair eva pratiṣṭhito bhavati | dvāpare dharmo 'rdhamātraḥ pariśiṣyate | ardhe 'dharmo 'pi samāgacchati ||

Translation

But in the Tretā age, Dharma is overpowered by one quarter of Adharma and stands established only on three parts of its former strength. In the Dvāpara age, Dharma remains only half; into that half, Adharma also enters and becomes mixed with it.

Word by Word

किंतुbut, however

त्रेतायाम्in the Tretā (age)

धर्मःdharma, righteousness

अधर्मस्यof adharma, unrighteousness

एकेनby one

पादेनby a quarter/part (lit. foot)

अभिभूतःoverpowered, overcome

स्वैःby his own

त्रिभिःby three

अंशैःby parts/portions

एवindeed, only

प्रतिष्ठितःestablished, standing

भवतिbecomes/is

द्वापरेin the Dvāpara (age)

धर्मःdharma

अर्धम्half

एवonly/indeed

अवशिष्यतेremains

अर्धेin the half

अधर्मःadharma

आगत्यhaving come

मिलतिjoins/mixes

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tretā-yuga

Dvāpara-yuga

Dharma

Adharma

Sandhi Notes