Shloka 57
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
सुराणां कार्यसिद्धयर्थ सहाया वै भविष्यथ । विप्रवरो! इस समय तुम्हें अभी बहुत बड़ा काम करना है। इस सत्ययुगके बीतनेपर जब धर्ममें किंचित् व्यतिक्रम आ जायगा और वैवस्वत मन्वन्तरके त्रेतायुगका आरम्भ होगा, उस समय देवताओं के कार्यकी सिद्धिके लिये तुमलोग ही सहायक होगे ।।
surāṇāṁ kāryasiddhyarthaṁ sahāyā vai bhaviṣyatha | vipravara! iha samaye tvayā adhunā bahu mahad kāryaṁ kartavyam | asya satyayugasya vyatīte, yadā dharme kiñcid vyatikramaḥ āgamiṣyati, vaivasvata-manvantare tretāyugasya ārambhaḥ bhaviṣyati, tadā devatānāṁ kāryasya siddhaye yūyam eva sahāyakā bhaviṣyatha || tataḥ tad-adbhutaṁ vākyaṁ niśamya eva amṛtopamam ||
天神说道：“为使诸神之业得以成就，你们必将成为助力。噢，婆罗门中最胜者，就在此时此刻，你们须承担一项伟业。当此娑底耶纪（Satya Yuga）既尽，法（dharma）中生出些微乖离，而毗婆斯瓦特（Vaivasvata）摩奴劫之特雷塔纪（Tretā Yuga）开启之时，唯有你们将成为使诸神事业圆满的辅佐者。” 听罢这奇妙之言——其旨趣甘若甘露——……
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is portrayed as cyclical across the yugas: even a slight decline after Satya Yuga necessitates conscious, disciplined action. The verse emphasizes that those endowed with spiritual authority (addressed as ‘best of Brahmins’) bear responsibility to assist in restoring or supporting cosmic and social order, thereby enabling the ‘work of the gods’—i.e., the maintenance of dharma.
A Deva addresses a foremost Brahmin, assigning him (and his group) a major task in the present time and forecasting their future role. When Satya Yuga ends and Tretā Yuga begins in the Vaivasvata Manvantara, they are destined to become key helpers in accomplishing divine objectives. The passage then transitions: someone hears this wondrous, nectar-like statement.