Shloka 13
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
सरित्सरः समुद्रांश्च सेवन्ते पर्वतानपि ।
तास्तदा ह्यल्पशीतोष्णा युगे तस्मिंश्चरन्ति वै ॥
saritsaraḥ samudrāṃś ca sevante parvatān api |
tās tadā hy alpaśītoṣṇā yuge tasmiṃś caranti vai ||
他们常往来于江河、湖泊与大海，也出入群山。在那一劫（yuga）中，他们行走世间，仅受微寒微热（即气候温和、无剧烈极端）。
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FAQs
The verse depicts an age of ease where nature is not antagonistic. Such descriptions often serve as contrasts: as dharma declines, the environment becomes harsher and human life more constrained.
Manvantara/Anucarita-adjacent description (conditions of an age), though still within a broad cosmological narration rather than a named Manu’s reign.
‘Mild heat and cold’ can symbolize reduced dvandvas (pairs of opposites) in experience—an internal climate of lesser agitation when guṇas are more balanced.