Shloka 28
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
वर्तयन्ति स्म तेभ्यस् तास् त्रेतायुगमुखे तदा ।
ततः कालेन वै रागस् तासाम् आकस्मिकोऽभवत् ॥
vartayanti sma tebhyaḥ tās tretāyuga-mukhe tadā | tataḥ kālena vai rāgas tāsām ākasmiko 'bhavat ||
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਤ੍ਰੇਤਾ ਯੁਗ ਦੇ ਆਰੰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਉਹਨਾਂ (ਰੁੱਖ-ਘਰਾਂ) ਦੇ ਆਸਰੇ ਜੀਵਨ ਬਿਤਾਉਂਦੇ ਸਨ। ਫਿਰ ਸਮੇਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਰਾਗ/ਕਾਮਨਾ ਉੱਠੀ।
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FAQs
Time itself catalyzes inner change: even without external scarcity, attachment can arise, foreshadowing later social complications.
Manvantara/yuga-description: an account of changing conditions and dharma across ages.
‘Tretā’s opening’ marks the first thickening of guṇas—rāga indicates rajas gaining prominence over a prior sattvic ease.