Shloka 446
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
नैते कृतयुगे तात चरन्ति पृथिवीमिमाम् । नरेश्वर! ये सब-के-सब चाण्डाल, कौए और गीधोंके समान आचार-विचारवाले हैं। ये सत्ययुगमें इस पृथ्वीपर नहीं विचरण करते हैं
naite kṛtayuge tāta caranti pṛthivīm imām | nareśvara ye sarve caṇḍālāḥ kāka-gṛdhravat ācāra-vicāravantaḥ | ete satyayuge ’smin pṛthivyāṁ na vicarante |
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ລູກເອີຍ ຄົນຈຳພວກນີ້ ບໍ່ໄດ້ທ່ອງໄປເທິງແຜ່ນດິນນີ້ໃນຍຸກກຣິຕະ (ສັດຕະຍຸກ). ໂອ ກະສັດແຫ່ງມະນຸດ, ພວກເຂົາທັງໝົດເປັນເຫມືອນຈັນດາລ—ມີຄວາມຄິດແລະຄວາມປະພຶດດັ່ງກາ ແລະນົກແຮ້. ໃນຍຸກແຫ່ງຄວາມຈິງ ພວກເຂົາບໍ່ມີທີ່ຢືນຢູ່ ແລະບໍ່ອາດທ່ອງໄປເທິງແຜ່ນດິນນີ້».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma contrasts the moral purity of the Kṛta/Satya Yuga with later degeneration: people driven by base instincts—likened to crows and vultures—are incompatible with an age grounded in truth, restraint, and righteous conduct.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the king on dharma and the changing standards across the yugas. Here he condemns certain degraded types of behavior and states that such persons do not ‘roam’ in the Satya/Kṛta Yuga, emphasizing the ethical atmosphere of that age.