Shloka 18

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

ता वै निष्कामचारिण्यो नित्यं मुदितमानसाः अप्रवृत्तिः कृतयुगे कर्मणोः शुभपापयोः

Transliteration

tā vai niṣkāmacāriṇyo nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ apravṛttiḥ kṛtayuge karmaṇoḥ śubhapāpayoḥ

Translation

彼らはまことに欲なく行じ、心は常に静まり喜びに満ちていた。クリタ・ユガには、福や罪に駆られて業をなすことがなく、善業・悪業へと強いられて向かうこともなかった。

Word by Word

• tāḥ: they (those women/people)

• vai: indeed

• niṣkāma-cāriṇyaḥ: acting/behaving without desire (desireless in conduct)

• nityam: always

• mudita-mānasāḥ: with joyful/clear minds

• apravṛttiḥ: non-propensity, non-engagement, cessation of outward drive

• kṛta-yuge: in the Kṛta Yuga

• karmaṇoḥ: with respect to the two kinds of action (dual karmas)

• śubha: auspicious/meritorious

• pāpayoḥ: sinful/demeritorious

Speaker

Suta Goswami