यदा लोभस्त्वसन्तोषो मानो दम्भोऽथ मत्सर: । कर्मणां चापि काम्यानां द्वापरं तद् रजस्तम: ॥ २९ ॥
yadā lobhas tv asantoṣo māno dambho ’tha matsaraḥ karmaṇāṁ cāpi kāmyānāṁ dvāparaṁ tad rajas-tamaḥ
- 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
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.