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चतुष्पात् सकलो धर्मः सत्यं चैव कृते युगे । नाधर्मेणागमः कश्चिन् मनुष्यान् प्रति वर्तते ॥ ८१ ॥

In the Krita age Dharma is four-footed and entire, and (so is) Truth; nor does any gain accrue to men by unrighteousness.

english translation

catuSpAt sakalo dharmaH satyaM caiva kRte yuge | nAdharmeNAgamaH kazcin manuSyAn prati vartate || 81 ||

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इतरेष्वागमाद् धर्मः पादशस्त्ववरोपितः । चौरिकानृतमायाभिर्धर्मश्चापैति पादशः ॥ ८२ ॥

In the other (three ages), by reason of (unjust) gains (agama), Dharma is deprived successively of one foot, and through (the prevalence of) theft, falsehood, and fraud the merit (gained by men) is diminished by one fourth (in each).

english translation

itareSvAgamAd dharmaH pAdazastvavaropitaH | caurikAnRtamAyAbhirdharmazcApaiti pAdazaH || 82 ||

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अरोगाः सर्वसिद्धार्थाश्चतुर्वर्षशतायुषः । कृते त्रेतादिषु ह्येषामायुर्ह्रसति पादशः ॥ ८३ ॥

(Men are) free from disease, accomplish all their aims, and live four hundred years in the Krita age, but in the Treta and (in each of) the succeeding (ages) their life is lessened by one quarter.

english translation

arogAH sarvasiddhArthAzcaturvarSazatAyuSaH | kRte tretAdiSu hyeSAmAyurhrasati pAdazaH || 83 ||

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वेदोक्तमायुर्मर्त्यानामाशिषश्चैव कर्मणाम् । फलन्त्यनुयुगं लोके प्रभावश्च शरीरिणाम् ॥ ८४ ॥

The life of mortals, mentioned in the Veda, the desired results of sacrificial rites and the (supernatural) power of embodied (spirits) are fruits proportioned among men according to (the character of) the age.

english translation

vedoktamAyurmartyAnAmAziSazcaiva karmaNAm | phalantyanuyugaM loke prabhAvazca zarIriNAm || 84 ||

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अन्ये कृतयुगे धर्मास्त्रेतायां द्वापरेऽपरे । अन्ये कलियुगे नॄणां युगह्रासानुरूपतः ॥ ८५ ॥

One set of duties (is prescribed) for men in the Krita age, different ones in the Treta and in the Dvapara, and (again) another (set) in the Kali, in a proportion as (those) ages decrease in length.

english translation

anye kRtayuge dharmAstretAyAM dvApare'pare | anye kaliyuge nRRNAM yugahrAsAnurUpataH || 85 ||