Shloka 26
Tapovana-praveśaḥ — The King’s Entry into the Sacred Grove and Vision of the Āśrama
एवं कृतयुगे सम्यग् वर्तमाने तदा नूप । आपूर्यत मही कृत्स्ना प्राणिभिर्बहुभिर्भूशम्,नरेश्वर! इस तरह उस समय सब ओर सत्ययुग छा रहा था। सारी पृथ्वी नाना प्रकारके प्राणियोंसे खूब भरी-पूरी रहती थी
evaṁ kṛtayuge samyag vartamāne tadā nūpa | āpūryata mahī kṛtsnā prāṇibhir bahubhir bhūśam, nareśvara ||
Disse Vaiśampāyana: “Naquele tempo, ó rei, quando o Kṛta Yuga (a Era da Verdade) prevalecia em plena medida, toda a terra estava abundantemente repleta—apinhada por toda parte—de muitas espécies de seres vivos.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links moral-cosmic order to worldly well-being: when Kṛta Yuga prevails ‘properly’ (samyak), dharma is complete and the natural result is abundance—life multiplies and the earth becomes fully populated and sustained.
Vaiśampāyana, addressing the king, describes the conditions of an earlier ideal age (Kṛta Yuga). He portrays the world as flourishing, with the whole earth filled with many kinds of creatures, setting a contrast with later ages of decline.