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SB 12.3.29

Devanāgarī

यदा लोभस्त्वसन्तोषो मानो दम्भोऽथ मत्सर: । कर्मणां चापि काम्यानां द्वापरं तद् रजस्तम: ॥ २९ ॥

Text

yadā lobhas tv asantoṣo māno dambho ’tha matsaraḥ karmaṇāṁ cāpi kāmyānāṁ dvāparaṁ tad rajas-tamaḥ

Synonyms

yadā—when;lobhaḥ—greed;tu—indeed;asantoṣaḥ—dissatisfaction;mānaḥ—false pride;dambhaḥ—hypocrisy;atha—and;matsaraḥ—envy;karmaṇām—of activities;ca—and;api—also;kāmyānām—selfish;dvāparam—the age of Dvāpara;tat—that;rajaḥ-tamaḥ—predominated by a mixture of the modes of passion and ignorance.

Translation

When greed, dissatisfaction, false pride, hypocrisy and envy become prominent, along with attraction for selfish activities, such a time is the age of Dvāpara, dominated by the mixed modes of passion and ignorance.

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