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Shloka 23

Hanūmān’s Embrace, Counsel, and Promise to Amplify Bhīma’s Battle-Roar

Gandhamādana Continuation

एतत्‌ कृतयुगं नाम त्रैगुण्यपरिवर्जितम्‌ त्रेतामपि निबोध त्वं यस्मिन्‌ सत्र प्रवर्तते

etat kṛtayugaṃ nāma traiguṇya-parivarjitam | tretām api nibodha tvaṃ yasmin satra pravartate ||

ഭീമൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇതിനെ തന്നെയാണ് കൃത (സത്യ) യുഗം എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നത്; ഇത് ത്രിഗുണങ്ങളുടെ അധീനതയിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തമാണ്. ഇനി ത്രേതാ യുഗവും നീ ഗ്രഹിക്ക—അവിടെ സത്രയജ്ഞാദി യജ്ഞകർമ്മങ്ങൾ സജീവമായി പ്രചരിക്കുന്നു.

एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कृतयुगम्the Kṛta age (Satya-yuga)
कृतयुगम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृतयुग
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नामby name / indeed
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनामन्
त्रैगुण्यपरिवर्जितम्devoid of the three guṇas
त्रैगुण्यपरिवर्जितम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रैगुण्य-परिवर्जित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
त्रेताम्the Tretā age
त्रेताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootत्रेता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
निबोधunderstand / know
निबोध:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध्
FormImperative, Second, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यस्मिन्in which
यस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
सत्रम्a sacrificial session (sattra)
सत्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रवर्ततेproceeds / takes place
प्रवर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+वृत्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

भीम उवाच

B
Bhīma
K
Kṛta Yuga
T
Tretā Yuga
T
traiguṇya (three guṇas)
S
satra (sacrificial rite)

Educational Q&A

The verse contrasts yuga-dharma: Kṛta Yuga is portrayed as a condition of purity ‘beyond the three guṇas,’ while Tretā is marked by the active establishment of sacrificial practice—suggesting a shift from innate righteousness to righteousness maintained through ritual and regulated action.

Bhīma is explaining the characteristics of the world-ages (yugas) to his listener, first defining Kṛta Yuga as guṇa-free and then directing attention to Tretā Yuga, where sacrificial sessions (satra) become prevalent.