Shloka 11
Hanūmān’s Embrace, Counsel, and Promise to Amplify Bhīma’s Battle-Roar
Gandhamādana Continuation
हनूमानुवाच कृतं नाम युगं तात यत्र धर्म: सनातन: । कृतमेव न कर्तव्यं तस्मिन् काले युगोत्तमे,हनुमानजी बोले--तात! सबसे पहला कृतयुग है। उसमें सनातनधर्मकी पूर्ण स्थिति रहती है। उसका कृतयुग नाम इसलिये पड़ा है कि उस उत्तम युगके लोग अपना सब कर्तव्यकर्म सम्पन्न ही कर लेते थे। उनके लिये कुछ करना शेष नहीं रहता था (अतः “कृतम् एव सर्व शुभं यस्मिन् युगे” इस व्युत्पत्तिक अनुसार वह “कृतयुग” कहलाया)
Hanūmān uvāca: kṛtaṃ nāma yugaṃ tāta yatra dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | kṛtam eva na kartavyaṃ tasmin kāle yugottame ||
Hanuman disse: “Meu filho, a era mais antiga chama-se Kṛta Yuga, na qual o Dharma eterno (Sanātana Dharma) permanece em plena força. Nessa idade suprema, tudo o que devia ser feito já estava realizado; nenhum dever ficava por cumprir — por isso é chamada ‘Kṛta’, a era ‘concluída’.”
भीम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines Kṛta Yuga as the era in which eternal Dharma is fully established and human duties are naturally fulfilled; moral life is ‘complete’, leaving no neglected obligations.
In the Bhīma–Hanuman encounter in the Vana Parva, Hanuman explains the nature of the yugas; here he characterizes the first age, Kṛta Yuga, as the highest period of complete righteousness and fulfilled duty.