Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Yuga-Dharma: The Four Ages, Decline of Dharma, and the Rise of Social Order
ततः प्रादुरभूत् तासां रागो लोभश्च सर्वशः / अवश्यं भाविनार्ऽथे न त्रेतायुगवशेन वै
tataḥ prādurabhūt tāsāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sarvaśaḥ / avaśyaṃ bhāvinār'the na tretāyugavaśena vai
پھر ہر طرح سے اُن میں رغبت اور لالچ پیدا ہوا؛ کیونکہ جو مقدر میں ہے وہ ٹل نہیں سکتا—یقیناً یہ تریتا یُگ کے اثر سے ہی واقع ہوا۔
Sūta (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages, describing yuga-dharma)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it describes how rāga (attachment) and lobha (greed) arise due to yuga-influence and destined karma; the Atman is understood as the witness beyond these modifications, while bondage pertains to the mind’s passions.
This verse itself is diagnostic rather than prescriptive: it identifies rāga and lobha as yuga-born obstacles. In the Kurma Purana’s wider Yoga-shāstra frame, such passions are countered through vairāgya (dispassion), restraint, and devotion/meditation upon Īśvara as taught in its Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava synthesis.
Not explicitly in this line; however, the Purana’s broader approach treats the remedy to yuga-born passions as Īśvara-upāsanā and Yoga that harmonize Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava paths—pointing to a unified divine governance over cosmic cycles.