Shloka 18

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

ता वै निष्कामचारिण्यो नित्यं मुदितमानसाः अप्रवृत्तिः कृतयुगे कर्मणोः शुभपापयोः

Transliteration

tā vai niṣkāmacāriṇyo nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ apravṛttiḥ kṛtayuge karmaṇoḥ śubhapāpayoḥ

Translation

وہ بے خواہش چلنے والے تھے، ان کے دل ہمیشہ شاداں و پُرسکون رہتے تھے۔ کرت یُگ میں ثواب یا گناہ کے سبب عمل کی طرف رغبت نہ تھی۔

Word by Word

• tāḥ: they (those women/people)

• vai: indeed

• niṣkāma-cāriṇyaḥ: acting/behaving without desire (desireless in conduct)

• nityam: always

• mudita-mānasāḥ: with joyful/clear minds

• apravṛttiḥ: non-propensity, non-engagement, cessation of outward drive

• kṛta-yuge: in the Kṛta Yuga

• karmaṇoḥ: with respect to the two kinds of action (dual karmas)

• śubha: auspicious/meritorious

• pāpayoḥ: sinful/demeritorious

Speaker

Suta Goswami