Shloka 34

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

पूर्वं निकामचारास्ता ह्य् अनिकेता अथावसन् यथायोगं यथाप्रीति निकेतेष्ववसन्पुनः

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ nikāmacārāstā hy aniketā athāvasan yathāyogaṃ yathāprīti niketeṣvavasanpunaḥ

Translation

แต่เดิมพวกเขาเที่ยวไปตามใจและอยู่โดยไร้ที่พำนักแน่นอน ต่อมาเมื่อเป็นไปตามฐานะอันเหมาะสมและตามความพอใจของตน พวกเขาก็กลับไปอาศัยในที่พำนักอันตั้งมั่นอีกครั้ง

Word by Word

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam): formerly, at first

• निकामचाराः (nikāmacārāḥ): moving/acting at will, freely wandering

• ताः (tāḥ): those (beings)

• हि (hi): indeed

• अनिकेताः (aniketāḥ): without a house, without a fixed abode

• अथ (atha): then, thereafter

• अवसन् (avasan): they dwelt, they lived

• यथायोगम् (yathāyogam): according to fitness/propriety, as appropriate

• यथाप्रीति (yathāprīti): according to liking/pleasure, as agreeable

• निकेतेषु (niketeṣu): in homes/abodes/settlements

• अवसन् (avasan): they dwelt

• पुनः (punaḥ): again, thereafter

Speaker

Suta Goswami