Srimad Bhagavatam

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परावरज्ञः सऋषिः कालेनाव्यक्तरंहसा । युगधर्मव्यतिकरं प्राप्तं भुवि युगे युगे ।। १-४-१६ ।।

sanskrit

The great sage Vyāsadeva saw anomalies in the duties of the millennium. This happens on the earth in different ages, due to the unseen force of time. ।। 1-4-16 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

parAvarajJaH saRSiH kAlenAvyaktaraMhasA | yugadharmavyatikaraM prAptaM bhuvi yuge yuge || 1-4-16 ||

hk transliteration

भौतिकानां च भावानां शक्तिह्रासं च तत्कृतम् । अश्रद्दधानान् निःसत्त्वान् दुर्मेधान् ह्रसितायुषः ।। १-४-१७ ।।

sanskrit

The great sage, who was fully equipped in knowledge, could see through his transcendental vision the deterioration of everything material due to the influence of the age. He could also see that the faithless people in general would be reduced in duration of life and would be impatient due to lack of goodness. Thus he contemplated for the welfare of men in all statuses and orders of life. ।। 1-4-(17-18) ।।

english translation

hindi translation

bhautikAnAM ca bhAvAnAM zaktihrAsaM ca tatkRtam | azraddadhAnAn niHsattvAn durmedhAn hrasitAyuSaH || 1-4-17 ||

hk transliteration

दुर्भगांश्च जनान् वीक्ष्य मुनिर्दिव्येन चक्षुषा । सर्ववर्णाश्रमाणां यद्दध्यौ हितममोघदृक् ।। १-४-१८ ।।

sanskrit

The great sage, who was fully equipped in knowledge, could see through his transcendental vision the deterioration of everything material due to the influence of the age. He could also see that the faithless people in general would be reduced in duration of life and would be impatient due to lack of goodness. Thus he contemplated for the welfare of men in all statuses and orders of life. ।। 1-4-(17-18) ।।

english translation

hindi translation

durbhagAMzca janAn vIkSya munirdivyena cakSuSA | sarvavarNAzramANAM yaddadhyau hitamamoghadRk || 1-4-18 ||

hk transliteration

चातुर्होत्रं कर्म शुद्धं प्रजानां वीक्ष्य वैदिकम् । व्यदधाद्यज्ञसन्तत्यै वेदमेकं चतुर्विधम् ।। १-४-१९ ।।

sanskrit

He saw that the sacrifices mentioned in the Vedas were means by which the people’s occupations could be purified. And to simplify the process he divided the one Veda into four, in order to expand them among men. ।। 1-4-19 ।।

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hindi translation

cAturhotraM karma zuddhaM prajAnAM vIkSya vaidikam | vyadadhAdyajJasantatyai vedamekaM caturvidham || 1-4-19 ||

hk transliteration

ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाख्या वेदाश्चत्वार उद्धृताः । इतिहासपुराणं च पञ्चमो वेद उच्यते ।। १-४-२० ।।

sanskrit

The four divisions of the original sources of knowledge [the Vedas] were made separately. But the historical facts and authentic stories mentioned in the Purāṇas are called the fifth Veda. ।। 1-4-20 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

RgyajuHsAmAtharvAkhyA vedAzcatvAra uddhRtAH | itihAsapurANaM ca paJcamo veda ucyate || 1-4-20 ||

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