Shloka 57
युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति
Devanagari script
एको वेदश्चतुष्पादस् त्रेतास्विह विधीयते संक्षयादायुषश्चैव व्यस्यते द्वापरेषु सः
Transliteration
eko vedaścatuṣpādas tretāsviha vidhīyate saṃkṣayādāyuṣaścaiva vyasyate dvāpareṣu saḥ
Translation
एको वेदश्चतुष्पादस्त्रेतास्विह विधीयते । संक्षयादायुषश्चैव व्यस्यते द्वापरेषु सः ॥
Word by Word
ekaḥone (single)
ekaḥ:
vedaḥVeda/sacred revelation
vedaḥ:
catuṣpādaḥfour-footed/fourfold
catuṣpādaḥ:
tretāsuin the Tretā (yuga)
tretāsu:
ihahere, in this world
iha:
vidhīyateis arranged/ordained
vidhīyate:
saṃkṣayātdue to decline/diminution
saṃkṣayāt:
āyuṣaḥof lifespan
āyuṣaḥ:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
vyasyateis divided/compiled/arranged by Vyāsa
vyasyate:
dvāpareṣuin the Dvāpara (yuga)
dvāpareṣu:
saḥhe/that (Veda arrangement).
saḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic history of Vedic arrangement to the sages)