SB 12.3.29

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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami 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

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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