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SB 12.3.28

Devanāgarī

यदा कर्मसु काम्येषु भक्तिर्यशसि देहिनाम् । तदा त्रेता रजोवृत्तिरिति जानीहि बुद्धिमन् ॥ २८ ॥

Text

yadā karmasu kāmyeṣu bhaktir yaśasi dehinām tadā tretā rajo-vṛttir iti jānīhi buddhiman

Synonyms

yadā—when;karmasu—in duties;kāmyeṣu—based on selfish desire;bhaktiḥ—devotion;yaśasi—in honor;dehinām—of the embodied souls;tadā—then;tretā—the age of Tretā;rajaḥ-vṛttiḥ—predominated by activities in the mode of passion;iti—thus;jānīhi—you should understand;buddhi-man—O intelligent King Parīkṣit.

Translation

O most intelligent one, when the conditioned souls are devoted to their duties but have ulterior motives and seek personal prestige, you should understand such a situation to be the age of Tretā, in which the functions of passion are prominent.

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