Shloka 4
युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति
Devanagari script
शैलादिरुवाच तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शिलादस्य महात्मनः व्याजहार यथादृष्टं युगधर्मं सुविस्तरम्
Transliteration
śailādiruvāca tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śilādasya mahātmanaḥ vyājahāra yathādṛṣṭaṃ yugadharmaṃ suvistaram
Translation
शैलादिरुवाच—तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शिलादस्य महात्मनः । व्याजहार यथादृष्टं युगधर्मं सुविस्तरम् ॥
Word by Word
ŚailādiḥŚailādi (the speaker)
Śailādiḥ:
uvācasaid
uvāca:
tasyaof him/that (Śilāda)
tasya:
tad-vacanamthose words/speech
tad-vacanam:
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Śilādasyaof Śilāda
Śilādasya:
mahātmanaḥof the great-souled one
mahātmanaḥ:
vyājahāraspoke/explained
vyājahāra:
yathā-dṛṣṭamas seen/realized (as known through direct understanding)
yathā-dṛṣṭam:
yuga-dharmamthe dharma of the ages (yuga-wise religious order)
yuga-dharmam:
suvistaramvery extensively/in great detail.
suvistaram:
Speaker
Śailādi