दृष्ट्वा तेषां मिथो नृणामवज्ञानात्मतां नृप । त्रेतादिषु हरेरर्चा क्रियायै कविभि: कृता ॥ ३९ ॥
drstva tesam mitho nrnam avajnanatmatam nrpa tretadisu harer arca kriyayai kavibhih krta
- drstva
- after practically seeing
- tesam
- among the brahmanas and Vaisnavas
- mithah
- mutually
- nrnam
- of human society
- avajnana-atmatam
- the mutually disrespectful behavior
- nrpa
- O King
- treta-adisu
- beginning from Treta-yuga
- hareh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- arca
- the Deity worship (in the temple)
- kriyayai
- for the purpose of introducing the method of worship
- kavibhih
- by learned persons
- krta
- has been done
My dear King, when great sages and saintly persons saw mutually disrespectful dealings at the beginning of Treta-yuga, Deity worship in the temple was introduced with all paraphernalia.