तप:सत्यदयादानेष्वर्धं ह्रस्वति द्वापरे । हिंसातुष्टयनृतद्वेषैर्धर्मस्याधर्मलक्षणै: ॥ २२ ॥
tapaḥ-satya-dayā-dāneṣv ardhaṁ hrasvati dvāpare hiṁsātuṣṭy-anṛta-dveṣair dharmasyādharma-lakṣaṇaiḥ
- tapaḥ
- of austerity
- satya
- truth
- dayā
- mercy
- dāneṣu
- and charity
- ardham
- one half
- hrasvati
- diminishes
- dvāpare
- in the age of Dvāpara
- hiṁsā
- by violence
- atuṣṭi
- dissatisfaction
- anṛta
- untruth
- dveṣaiḥ
- and hatred
- dharmasya
- of religion
- adharma-lakṣaṇaiḥ
- by the qualities of irreligion
In Dvāpara-yuga the religious qualities of austerity, truth, mercy and charity are reduced to one half by their irreligious counterparts — dissatisfaction, untruth, violence and enmity.