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

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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 and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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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.

SB 12.3.28 - SB 12.3.30