इतरेतरसंस्पर्धैः क्रियमाणा नृपोत्तमैः
Through mutual rivalry, these are undertaken by the foremost of kings.
तीर्थयात्रां व्रतं दानं नियमं संयमं तथा
Pilgrimages, vows, charity, discipline, and self-restraint as well.
सहस्रेण तु वर्षाणां तत्र स्याद्यौवनं नृणाम्
There, for a thousand years, youthfulness exists among men.
रजकश्चर्मकारश्च नटो बुरुड एव च
A washerman, a leather-worker, an actor, and also a buruḍa arise.
संभवंति युगे तस्मिन्यो निसंसर्गतो विभो
In that age, O mighty one, they are born through improper unions.
यथावद्वद कार्त्स्न्येन अत्र कौतूहलं महत्
Tell me thoroughly and properly here, for there is great curiosity.
योनि दोषात्सुरश्रेष्ठ जातेर्वक्ष्याम्यहं स्फुटम्
Due to the fault of the womb, O best of gods, I will clearly explain the origin.
ब्राह्मण्यां क्षत्रियाज्जातः सूत इत्यभिधीयते
One born from a Kshatriya father and Brahmin mother is called a Sūta.
चर्मकारेण संजज्ञे नटश्चांत्यजसंज्ञकः
From a leather-worker is born an actor, known as one of the lowest class.
तथा च मागधो जज्ञे वैश्येन द्विजसंभवे ६.२७.
Likewise, a Māgadha is born from a Vaishya father and twice-born mother.
बुरुडेन च कैवर्तः कैवर्तेन च मेदकः प्रजायन्ते सुरश्रेष्ठ सवकर्मसु गर्हिताः
From a buruḍa comes a Kaivarta, and from a Kaivarta, a Medaka; O best of gods, these are born, all engaged in condemned occupations.
तथा शूद्रेण संजज्ञे ब्राह्मण्यां सुरसत्तम
So too, O best of gods, one is born from a Shudra father and Brahmin mother.
एतौ द्वावपि शूद्रेण भवतो द्विजसंभवे
Both these are born from a Shudra father and twice-born mother.
एतत्त्रेतायुगे प्रोक्तं मया ते सुरसत्तम
This, O best of gods, I have declared to you as it was in the Treta age.
लक्षाष्टकप्रमाणेन तद्युगं परिकीर्तितम् कपिशो जायते तत्र भगवान्गरुडध्वजः
That age is said to last eight hundred thousand years; there, the Lord Garuḍa-bannered is born tawny in color.
द्वौ पादौ चैव धर्मस्य द्वौ पापस्य व्यवस्थितौ
In that age, two parts of Dharma and two parts of Adharma are established.
ततोऽन्यैः समतिक्रांतैर्वार्धक्यं पञ्चभिः शतैः
Afterwards, when these are exceeded by others, old age comes in five hundred years.
नार्यश्चापि सुरश्रेष्ठ तत्स्व रूपाः प्रकीर्तिताः
And, O best of gods, the women there are described as possessing their own forms.
नातिरूपेण संयुक्ता न च रूपविवर्जिताः
They are neither excessively endowed with beauty nor entirely devoid of it.
नातिपुष्पफलैर्युक्ता वृक्षाश्चापिसुरेश्वर ६.२७.
O Lord of the gods, the trees are neither laden with too many flowers and fruits nor lacking them.
वर्षंति जलदाः कामं भवन्त्योषधयोऽखिलाः तत्तत्र समभावेन न सत्यं नैव चानृतम्
The clouds rain as they wish, and all the herbs exist; there, everything is balanced—neither truth nor untruth prevails.
तीर्थानां च मखानां च द्वापरे सुरसत्तम
O best of the gods, in the Dvapara age, the holy places and sacrifices—
एतत्तव समाख्यातं युगं द्वापरसंज्ञकम्
This age called Dvapara has been described to you.
शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा वदतो मम सांप्रतम्
Now listen attentively as I speak further.
द्वात्रिंशच्च सहस्राणि वर्षाणां कथितं विभो
O mighty one, thirty-two thousand years have been declared for it.
तत्रैकपादयुक्तश्च धर्मः पापं त्रिभिः स्मृतम्
In that age, righteousness stands on one foot, and sin is said to be present in three.
न शृण्वंति पितुः पुत्रा न स्नुषा भ्रातरो न च
Sons do not listen to their father, nor do daughters-in-law or brothers.
यत्र षोडशमे वर्षे नराः पलित यौवनाः
Where, in the sixteenth year, men become gray-haired in their youth.
आयुः परं मनुष्याणां शतसंख्यं सुरेश्वर
O Lord of the gods, the maximum lifespan of humans is counted as one hundred years.
द्वात्रिंशद्धयमुख्यानां चतुर्विंशतिः खरोष्ट्रयोः ६.२७.
For thirty-two chief horses and twenty-four camels and donkeys.