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Shloka 33

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

Gandhamādana Continuation

एवं द्वापरमासाद्य प्रजा: क्षीयन्त्यधर्मत: । पादेनैकेन कौन्तेय धर्म: कलियुगे स्थित:,इस प्रकार द्वापरयुगके आनेपर अधर्मके कारण प्रजा क्षीण होने लगती है। (तत्पश्चात्‌ कलियुगका आगमन होता है।) कुन्तीनन्दन! कलियुगमें धर्म एक ही चरणसे स्थित होता है

evaṃ dvāparam āsādya prajāḥ kṣīyanty adharmataḥ | pādenaikena kaunteya dharmaḥ kaliyuge sthitaḥ ||

ഇങ്ങനെ ദ്വാപരയുഗം വന്നെത്തുമ്പോൾ അധർമ്മം മൂലം പ്രജകൾ ക്ഷയിക്കിത്തുടങ്ങുന്നു. തുടർന്ന് കലിയുഗം വരുന്നു; ഹേ കൗന്തേയ, കലിയിൽ ധർമ്മം ഒരു പാദത്തിൽ മാത്രമേ നിലകൊള്ളൂ.

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
द्वापरम्the Dvapara (age)
द्वापरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्वापर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आसाद्यhaving reached/attained
आसाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√सद्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
प्रजाःcreatures/subjects, people
प्रजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
क्षीयन्तिwaste away, diminish
क्षीयन्ति:
TypeVerb
Root√क्षि
FormLat (Present), Atmanepada, Third, Plural
अधर्मतःfrom/owing to unrighteousness
अधर्मतः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअधर्म
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
पादेनby a foot/quarter (one part)
पादेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपाद
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एकेनwith one (alone)
एकेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
कौन्तेयO son of Kunti
कौन्तेय:
TypeNoun
Rootकौन्तेय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
धर्मःdharma, righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कलियुगेin the Kali age
कलियुगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकलियुग
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
स्थितःstands, remains established
स्थितः:
TypeVerb
Root√स्था
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

भीम उवाच

B
Bhīma
K
Kaunteya (son of Kuntī; addressed Pāṇḍava, typically Yudhiṣṭhira)
D
Dvāpara-yuga
K
Kali-yuga
D
Dharma
A
Adharma
P
Prajā (the people)

Educational Q&A

Adharma causes social and demographic decline, and as the ages progress toward Kali, dharma loses its fullness—remaining only in a fraction—so ethical stability becomes harder to sustain and must be consciously protected.

Bhīma addresses a Kaunteya (a son of Kuntī, typically Yudhiṣṭhira) while describing the yuga-cycle: in Dvāpara, unrighteousness increases and people diminish; with the advent of Kali, dharma is said to stand on only one ‘foot’ (one quarter).