Shloka 12
Hanūmān’s Embrace, Counsel, and Promise to Amplify Bhīma’s Battle-Roar
Gandhamādana Continuation
न तत्र धर्मा: सीदन्ति क्षीयन्ते न च वै प्रजा: । ततः कृतयुगं नाम कालेन गुणतां गतम्,उस समय धर्मका हास नहीं होता था। प्रजाका अर्थात् (माता-पिताके रहते हुए) संतानका नाश नहीं होता था। तदनन्तर कालक्रमसे उसमें गौणता आ गयी
na tatra dharmāḥ sīdanti kṣīyante na ca vai prajāḥ | tataḥ kṛtayugaṃ nāma kālena guṇatāṃ gatam ||
毗摩说：“在那一劫中，诸法不衰，人民亦不凋敝；父母尚在之时，子女不致夭亡。然而后来，随着时间推移，那名为克利多劫的时代失却了圆满的卓越，品性转而居于次等。”
भीम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the idea that moral order (dharma) is strongest in the Kṛta Yuga, where social and familial stability prevail; yet even that ideal condition is not permanent, because time (kāla) inevitably brings diminution of excellence.
Bhīma is describing characteristics of the earliest age (Kṛta Yuga): dharma does not decline and the populace does not suffer premature loss, especially the unnatural death of children before parents. He then notes that, with the passage of time, that age’s superior quality waned.