Shloka 15

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

प्रजास्तृप्ताः सदा सर्वाः सर्वानन्दाश् च भोगिनः अधमोत्तमता तासां न विशेषाः प्रजाः शुभाः

Transliteration

prajāstṛptāḥ sadā sarvāḥ sarvānandāś ca bhoginaḥ adhamottamatā tāsāṃ na viśeṣāḥ prajāḥ śubhāḥ

Translation

ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਪ੍ਰਜਾਵਾਂ ਸਦਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤ ਸਨ, ਹਰ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਆਨੰਦ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਪੂਰ ਭੋਗੀ ਸਨ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ‘ਨੀਚ’ ਤੇ ‘ਉੱਚ’ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਭੇਦ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ; ਉਹ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਜੀਵ ਭੇਦ-ਭਾਵ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਸਨ।

Word by Word

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ): beings/subjects

• तृप्ताः (tṛptāḥ): satisfied, content

• सदा (sadā): always

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ): all

• सर्व-आनन्दाः (sarva-ānandāḥ): possessing every joy, filled with all happiness

• च (ca): and

• भोगिनः (bhoginaḥ): enjoyers, those who partake of experience

• अधम-उत्तमता (adhama-uttamatā): inferiority and superiority (low/high status)

• तासाम् (tāsām): among them/of them

• न (na): not

• विशेषाः (viśeṣāḥ): distinctions, differentiations

• शुभाः (śubhāḥ): auspicious, благотворные (pure/fortunate).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)