Shloka 3

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

युगधर्मान्कथं चक्रे भगवान्पद्मसंभवः वक्तुमर्हसि मे सर्वं सांप्रतं प्रणताय मे

Transliteration

yugadharmānkathaṃ cakre bhagavānpadmasaṃbhavaḥ vaktumarhasi me sarvaṃ sāṃprataṃ praṇatāya me

Translation

Bagaimanakah Bhagavān Padma-sambhava (Brahmā yang lahir dari teratai) menetapkan dharma bagi Yuga-Yuga? Patutlah tuanku menyampaikan kepadaku semuanya, pada saat ini, kepada hamba yang bersujud penuh takzim.

Word by Word

• युगधर्मान्: the dharmas (duties/laws) of the yugas

• कथम्: how

• चक्रे: fashioned/ordained/established

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord

• पद्मसंभवः: the lotus-born (Brahmā)

• वक्तुम्: to speak/tell

• अर्हसि: you are fit/ought

• मे: to me/my

• सर्वम्: all, everything

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present

• प्रणताय: to one who is bowed down/surrendered

• मे: to me

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrative frame; a disciple/sage is asking within the discourse)