SB 12.3.29

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 3: The Bhūmi-gītā

SB 12.3.28

SB 12.3.30

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 29

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.