प्राय: स्वभावविहितो नृणां धर्मो युगे युगे । वेददृग्भि: स्मृतो राजन्प्रेत्य चेह च शर्मकृत् ॥ ३१ ॥
prayah sva-bhava-vihito nrnam dharmo yuge yuge veda-drgbhih smrto rajan pretya ceha ca sarma-krt
- prayah
- generally
- sva-bhava-vihitah
- prescribed, according to one’s material modes of nature
- nrnam
- of human society
- dharmah
- the occupational duty
- yuge yuge
- in every age
- veda-drgbhih
- by brahmanas well conversant in the Vedic knowledge
- smrtah
- recognized
- rajan
- O King
- pretya
- after death
- ca
- and
- iha
- here (in this body)
- ca
- also
- sarma-krt
- auspicious.
My dear King, brahmanas well conversant in Vedic knowledge have given their verdict that in every age (yuga) the conduct of different sections of people according to their material modes of nature is auspicious both in this life and after death.