SB 12.3.28

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

SB 12.3.27

SB 12.3.29

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 28

yadā karmasu kāmyeṣu
bhaktir yaśasi dehinām
tadā tretā rajo-vṛttir
iti jānīhi buddhiman

SYNONYMS

yadā—when; karmasu—in duties; kāmyeṣu—based on selfish desire; bhaktiḥ—devotion; yaśasi—in honor; dehinām—of the embodied souls; tadā—then; tretā—the age of Tretā; rajaḥ-vṛttiḥ—predominated by activities in the mode of passion; iti—thus; jānīhi—you should understand; buddhi-man—O intelligent King Parīkṣit.

TRANSLATION

O most intelligent one, when the conditioned souls are devoted to their duties but have ulterior motives and seek personal prestige, you should understand such a situation to be the age of Tretā, in which the functions of passion are prominent.