Shloka 19
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
ततश्च तेषां पूर्वाह्ने मध्याह्ने च वितृप्तता ।
पुनस्तथेच्छतां तृप्तिरनायासेन साभवत् ॥
tataśca teṣāṃ pūrvāhne madhyāhne ca vitṛptatā /
punastathecchatāṃ tṛptiranāyāsena sābhavat
അപ്പോൾ അവർ മുൻപകലിലും മധ്യാഹ്നത്തിലും തൃപ്തരായി; പിന്നെയും ആഗ്രഹമുള്ളവർക്ക് അതുപോലെ—ശ്രമമില്ലാതെ—തൃപ്തി ഉദിച്ചു।
FAQs
The passage contrasts an age of effortless provision with later ages of toil. It implies that as dharma wanes, beings lose ‘anāyāsa’ (effortless) support and must rely on labor and discipline.
Cosmological/epochal description (Sarga/Pratisarga framework), describing the qualities of a world-state.
‘Tṛpti on wishing’ can symbolize a mind whose sankalpa is immediately efficacious—an archetype of manifesting power later curtailed by Kāla.