भौतिकानां च भावानां शक्तिह्रासं च तत्कृतम् । अश्रद्दधानान्नि:सत्त्वान्दुर्मेधान् ह्रसितायुष: ॥ १७ ॥ दुर्भगांश्च जनान् वीक्ष्य मुनिर्दिव्येन चक्षुषा । सर्ववर्णाश्रमाणां यद्दध्यौ हितममोघदृक् ॥ १८ ॥
bhautikanam ca bhavanam sakti-hrasam ca tat-krtam asraddadhanan nihsattvan durmedhan hrasitayusah durbhagams ca janan viksya munir divyena caksusa sarva-varnasramanam yad dadhyau hitam amogha-drk
- bhautikanam ca
- also of everything that is made of matter
- bhavanam
- actions
- sakti-hrasam ca
- and deterioration of natural power
- tat-krtam
- rendered by that
- asraddadhanan
- of the faithless
- nihsattvan
- impatient due to want of the mode of goodness
- durmedhan
- dull-witted
- hrasita
- reduced
- ayusah
- of duration of life
- durbhagan ca
- also the unlucky
- janan
- people in general
- viksya
- by seeing
- munih
- the muni
- divyena
- by transcendental
- caksusa
- vision
- sarva
- all
- varna-asramanam
- of all the statuses and orders of life
- yat
- what
- dadhyau
- contemplated
- hitam
- welfare
- amogha-drk
- one who is fully equipped in knowledge
The great sage, who was fully equipped in knowledge, could see through his transcendental vision the deterioration of everything material due to the influence of the age. He could also see that the faithless people in general would be reduced in duration of life and would be impatient due to lack of goodness. Thus he contemplated for the welfare of men in all statuses and orders of life.