Shloka 82

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

इदं कृतयुगं नाम काल: श्रेष्ठ: प्रवर्तित: । अहिंस्या यज्ञपशवो युगे5स्मिन्‌ न तदन्‍्यथा

Transliteration

idaṃ kṛtayugaṃ nāma kālaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ pravartitaḥ | ahiṃsyā yajñapaśavo yuge 'smin na tad anyathā ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– «ဤကာလသည် ကృతယုဂ (Kṛtayuga) ဟု ခေါ်သော အမြတ်ဆုံးသော ယုဂဖြစ်၍ ယခု စတင်လည်ပတ်လာပြီ။ ဤယုဂတွင် ယဇ္ဉပွဲအတွက် တိရစ္ဆာန်တို့ကို မထိခိုက်မသတ်ဖြတ်ကြ။ အဟിംသာဓမ္မ (မဟာမဟုတ်ခြင်း) နှင့် ဆန့်ကျင်သည့် အရာတစ်စုံတစ်ရာ မဖြစ်ပေါ်»။

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कृतयुगम्: Krita-yuga (the golden age)
• कृतयुगम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाम: named; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कालः: time; age
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• श्रेष्ठः: excellent; best
• श्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रवर्तितः: has been set in motion; is prevailing
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन, कर्मणि/भावे (past passive participle sense)

• अहिंस्याः: of non-violence
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिंसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• यज्ञपशवः: sacrificial animals
• यज्ञपशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञपशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• युगे: in the age
• युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• तत्: that (i.e., otherwise/contrary thing)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अन्यथा: otherwise; differently
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛtayuga (Satya-yuga)
• yajña
• yajñapaśu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents Kṛtayuga as the highest moral order where ahiṃsā (non-violence) governs conduct, explicitly extending to ritual life: even sacrificial contexts do not permit harm to animals, and nothing proceeds against the principle of non-violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the defining character of Kṛtayuga within a broader Śānti Parva discussion of dharma and yuga-conditions, emphasizing that this age is marked by the absence of violence, including the non-killing of animals in yajñas.