Shloka 34

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

पूर्वं निकामचारास्ता ह्य् अनिकेता अथावसन् यथायोगं यथाप्रीति निकेतेष्ववसन्पुनः

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ nikāmacārāstā hy aniketā athāvasan yathāyogaṃ yathāprīti niketeṣvavasanpunaḥ

Translation

ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਉਹ ਮਨਮਰਜ਼ੀ ਨਾਲ ਫਿਰਦੇ ਅਤੇ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਥਿਰ ਵਸੇਬੇ ਦੇ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਸਨ। ਬਾਅਦ ਵਿੱਚ, ਆਪਣੀ ਯੋਗਤਾ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭਾਉਂਦਾ ਸੀ, ਉਹ ਮੁੜ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਨਿਵਾਸਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਸਣ ਲੱਗ ਪਏ।

Word by Word

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam): formerly, at first

• निकामचाराः (nikāmacārāḥ): moving/acting at will, freely wandering

• ताः (tāḥ): those (beings)

• हि (hi): indeed

• अनिकेताः (aniketāḥ): without a house, without a fixed abode

• अथ (atha): then, thereafter

• अवसन् (avasan): they dwelt, they lived

• यथायोगम् (yathāyogam): according to fitness/propriety, as appropriate

• यथाप्रीति (yathāprīti): according to liking/pleasure, as agreeable

• निकेतेषु (niketeṣu): in homes/abodes/settlements

• अवसन् (avasan): they dwelt

• पुनः (punaḥ): again, thereafter

Speaker

Suta Goswami